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Palinkasocsi Posted 17 years ago
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Any problems with this?

Dear Friends,

Does anybody find any mistake in the following:

Consider the following situation, in which railway workers are planning to strike for rise in salary and they have promised to inform people in advance before they would begin their protest. One dawn, however, railwaymen go on strike without having warned the public about their intent. As a result, commuter students are unable to get to school the next day and two of the teachers enter into the following exchange:

(24) A: A lot of students are absent from my class today.
B: Yeah, the railway company announced the beginning of the strike, as promised.

My points of concern are the following:

1. without having warned/without warning
2. the next day/tomorrow
3. announced/has announced
4. as promised/as had been promised

Thank you very much for any help.

Palinkasocsi
  

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Consider the following situation in which railway workers are planning to strike for a rise in salary and have promised to inform the public before they begin their protest. One dawn, however, the railwaymen go on strike without warning. As a result, some students are unable to get to school, and two teachers enter into the following exchange: A: A lot of students were absent from my class(es) today.

— Mister Micawber

  • Consider the following situation in which railway workers are planning to strike for a rise in salary and have promised to inform the public before they begin their protest.
  • One dawn, however, the railwaymen go on strike without warning.
  • As a result, some students are unable to get to school, and two teachers enter into the following exchange: A: A lot of students were absent from my class(es) today.
  • B: Yeah, the railway company didn't announce the strike, as they said they would.
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Consider the following situation in which railway workers are planning to strike for a rise in salary and have promised to inform the public before they begin their protest. One dawn, however, the railwaymen go on strike without warning. As a result, some students are unable to get to school, and two teachers enter into the following
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Dear Mister Micawber,

If B is being ironic, would this be correct:

B: Yeah, the railway company announced the strike, as they said they would.?

Palinkasocsi
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No, it doesn't read as irony; it reads as a mistyping.
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