Hello,
I am reading Longman dictionary of contemporary English
dependent
de·pen·dent /dɪˈpendənt/ adj
needing someone or something in order to exist, be successful, be healthy etc
≠ independent dependent on/upon
Norway’s economy is heavily dependent on natural resources.
Jan’s mother was dependent on her for physical care. Do you have any dependent children (=who you are still supporting financially) ?
Why does ‘Do you have any dependent children = who you are still supporting financially’ ?
The first sentence is a question, the second one is an affirmative (because the verb ‘are’ follows the subject ‘you’). How can they two sentences equal?
Thank you.
The sentence in brackets is clearly a definition of the word “dependent” (would you have known what “dependent children” actually are if there were no explanation?).
I know you haven’t see me here in a while. Well, I have finish Lesson 28, but I didn’t get a new one, so I decided to do Lesson 28 again. I got a little confused about the conditional sentences. In the first test I did 8 good out of 10, in the second I did the same and in the third one I did only 6 out of 10. I was surprised not to see my name and my score, so I keept on, and here I’m. It’s not to easy to explain how the conditionals work, but I did get an idea, that is why I got 8 out of 10.
I’m reading Madiha’s question: Is conditional always in Simple Perfect Tense, or can we use other tense as well?. That will be my question too.
I’ll appreciate to get an explanation about it please.
Thank you,
Well, the fact is “whom” is coming out of use these days. Not in all cases though; “With whom?” rather than “With who?” still seems the only acceptable form. But in such sentences as the one in your example, you are more than welcome to use “who” instead of “whom”.