Never before had we thought such a massive responding!
Is this possible to write on an advertising campaign in the USA market? Or it sounds—?
No, its not right. Probably you mean “massive response”, but the verb “thought” is not right here either, and I’m not sure what you intend by it.
Possibly:
Never before have we received/got* such a massive response.
or
We would have never thought we would receive/get such a massive response.
- ‘gotten’ in the US.
Several amateur country gentlemen visited this funny area.
Three Adjectives explicit(modify) one ‘noun’ that is ‘Gentlemen’.
‘Responding’ Adjective why doesn’t modify ‘we’? Who told you ‘Adjective’ only places
before the noun? Like- If you want to go and get philosophical—Adjective, for noun ‘you’.
Why can’t I use ‘had’ instead ‘have’? It might be, like I told you a finished matter in the past.
Expect,more analysis! Like -Invention is extraordinary. -an Adjective modifies ‘invention’ etc
In “a massive responding”, the word “responding” must be a noun, not an adjective. Although the “-ing” forms of many verbs can function as nouns, this does not work properly with “responding”*. The noun “response” is used instead.
“Never before had we…” is OK if, as you say, you are talking about a finished matter in the past.
*At least, not in this sentence. In other contexts it may be more feasible.
Well.
we heard-such a hot day! It is conventional.
If we say, these roses are such a red hot in this garden, where is the problem?
Seeing is believing, we have belief word, a ‘noun’ in our dictionary, but we are using believing, a noun or an adjective?
Such a , an adjective(such), a (noun), and later if we don’t use another noun, like- response, where is the problem?
Instead using -‘massive responding’- doesn’t it look good? both are adjective or last one noun if you think , Seeing is believing.
Kind expect, more analysis.
Actually, Ben Goagh’s (sorry spelling no idea) Dr. Ga she was a dull painting! but, soon his death, people rushed to it. Never before had we thought such a massive responding!
Here, emphasize on ‘we’ not massive, where will it be wrong?
Maggy arrives home safe or safely, which one most important?
(These wordings are just my imagination!)
“such a…” must be followed by a noun or noun phrase. “such a hot day” is OK because “hot day” is a noun phrase. “such a red hot” is incorrect because “red hot” is an adjective.
In “seeing is believing”, both “seeing” and “believing” are nouns. In “such a massive responding”, the word “responding” would have to be a noun. It is not gramatically impossible for “responding” to be a noun, and there may be other circumstances where it is more natural. However, one would never say “such a massive responding” to mean “such a massive response”. It is completely unnatural.
“Never before had we thought such a massive response!” is incorrect, even with “response”. The verb “thought” does not fit the rest of the sentence.
“Maggy arrives home safe” and “Maggy arrives home safely” are both possible. (The name is usually spelled “Maggie”.)
So, should it be?
“Never before had we expected such a massive response”.
Hello Dozzy!
In our mother tong(Bengali,almost 350 million people East/west Bengal and Assam), it is the common expression,
“I never think I will build a Mansion with teaching!”
Said, one of my learned friends, who is an Associate professor and department head of a specific subject in any one university in Dhaka.
Where English expression must differ with ‘Think’ or might not be with ‘Expect’
Also, though a verb can sometimes be a noun, that does not mean it is correct for every usage. Take “seeing” for example:
Seeing the Taj Mahal is wonderful. - CORRECT
The Taj Mahal is a wonderful seeing. - INCORRECT
The Taj Mahal is a wonderful sight. - CORRECT
Of course, you are right.
Soon, we will go there. Without knowing the word function in a sentence,one is just going with a car without petrol or gasoline(might say in America).
Again, to know these, without knowing absolute phrase, appositive phrase or Dangling modifiers(participles), nobody could go further. You, Ms Dozzy or anybody like, we will
go forward to fight with them.
I touched with them many years ago, but time constrains hold me back yet. I scored
3.25 top 25 at odesk sentence structure for the USA or Uk but I need top 10 as hobby only!
Luschen,
“Seeing the Taj Mahal is wonderful.”
In this sentence is ‘seeing’ a gerund or not?
Are the following sentences correct or not?
- Never before had we received such a massive response!
- Never before had we thought we would receive such a massive response.
We could expect Mr. ‘Luchen’ as time zone is later, he might be sleeping now, isn’t he?
“Seeing the Taz Mahal is wonderful!”
Certainly-‘Seeing’ is participle or modifier of Taz Mohal, But,later at this sentence, it is now gerund.
- Never before had we expected,we would have received such a massive response.
It is my opinion.
That doesn’t make sense at all. The originals are better.
Oh! sorry I meant it conditional!
Like -Never before had we expected if we would have received such a massive response.
Does it make any sense now or how should it be?
I suspect you are trying to say
Never before had we expected that we would have received such a massive response
but it is still garbled.
You cannot combine ‘never before had we…’ with ‘…we would have received’.
The originals are better.
Does it mean while starting a sentence with adverbial form,you can’t use other clause
that makes complex or compound complex sentence?
No, it means that the particular case you are using does not make any sense semantically or grammatically.
For me, it seems easier and simpler to say “We never expected such a massive response”, assuming that’s what you mean…
For Ms. Bev,
It does imply, you can use conditional clause with ‘if’ immediate after adverbial clause, can’t you?