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Vkr6078 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Should we always use the present simple after "make sure"?

"Make sure the doors are closed properly when leaving/you leave"
"Make sure you go to that place this evening"

and also, please explain the difference between "leaving" and "you leave" in the first sentence.
  

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Present simple is most usual. Other tenses are possible in certain cases: Make sure you're doing it correctly. Make sure you've answered all the questions.

— GPY

  • Present simple is most usual.
  • Other tenses are possible in certain cases: Make sure you're doing it correctly.
  • Make sure you've answered all the questions.
  • "when you leave" is better.
  • "when leaving" sounds like an unnecessary attempt to be less direct.
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Present simple is most usual. Other tenses are possible in certain cases:

Make sure you're doing it correctly.
Make sure you've answered all the questions.

"when you leave" is better. "when leaving" sounds like an unnecessary attempt to be less direct.
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