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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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about tense simplification
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00 Could you explain why there are two different times in subordinate clauses (present simple vs future simple)? 02 br
00 "He says he'll give five pounds to anybody who 00 finds 00 his pen." 02 br
00 "I'll hide it somewhere he' 00 ll 00 never 00 find 00 it." 02 br
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00 Could you explain why there are two different times in subordinate clauses (present simple vs future simple)? 02 br
00 "He says he'll give five pounds to anybody who 00 finds 00 his pen." 02 br
00 "I'll hide it somewhere he' 00 ll 00 never 00 find 00 it." 02 br
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0 01 blockquote 01 cite 10 Anonymous 12 cite 11 span 10 Could you explain why ...? " 12 span 10 12 blockquote 10 Well, it's actually just the first one that requires explanation, I suppose. 02 br 01 i 00 anybody who 02 i 00 introduces a conditional idea, so the usual formula for the "first conditional" applies.
- 0 01 blockquote 01 cite 10 Anonymous 12 cite 11 span 10 Could you explain why ...?
- " 12 span 10 12 blockquote 10 Well, it's actually just the first one that requires explanation, I suppose.
- 02 br 01 i 00 anybody who 02 i 00 introduces a conditional idea, so the usual formula for the "first conditional" applies.
- ) 02 br 02 br 01 i 00 If anybody 01 font 00 finds 02 font 00 his pen, he 01 font 00 will give 02 font 00 them five pounds.
- 02 i 02 br 02 br 00 Thus, 02 br 01 i 00 He 01 font 00 'll give 02 font 00 five pounds to anybody who 01 font 00 finds 02 font 00 his pen.
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01 cite 10 Anonymous 12 cite 11 span 10 Could you explain why ...? 12 br
10 "He says he'll give five pounds to anybody who 11 span 10 finds 12 span 10 his pen." 12 br
10 "I'll hide it somewhere he' 11 span
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0 I remember an explanation that seems to make sense: you don't repeat the future tense if the action you are talking about is supposed to happen at about the same time... 02 br
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01 b 01 i 01 span 00 He says he'll give five pounds to anybody who 01 span 00 finds 02 span 00 his pen 02 span
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01 b 01 i 01 span 00 He says he'll give five pounds to anybody who 01 span 00 finds 02 span 00 his pen 02 span
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0 The 01 b 00 who 02 b 00 clause is a relative subordinate. You may simplify in most of the subordinates. 0-
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01 cite 10 Kooyeen 12 cite 10 I remember an explanation that seems to make sense: you don't repeat the future tense if the action you are talking about is supposed to happen at about the same time... 12 br10 This is an interesting idea, but it doesn't seem to always work. For example, I would say "The sun will ri
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