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Maymhight Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Are these sentences correct?

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00Can I use "01b00found02b00" and "01b00found out02b00" instead of "01b00knew02b00" ?02br
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00Can I replace "01b00so02b00" with "01b00that02b00"?02br
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00Can I use "01b00quickly02b00" in this context?02br
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00Can I drop "01b00so02b00" as in sentence (3)?02br
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00(1) As soon as I 01b00knew02b00 that I couldn’t go with you, I should have told you 01b00so02b00.02br
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00(2) When I 01b00found02b00 that I couldn’t go with you, I should have told you 01b00that02b00 01b00quickly.02b02br
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00(3) When I 01b00found out 02b00that I couldn’t go with you, I should have told you.02br
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00Your advice will be appreciated.0-
  

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02i 02br 02br 00 [ / ] Choices. 02br 00 ( ) Optional. 02br 02br 00 Not "told you quickly".

— CalifJim

  • 02i 02br 02br 00 [ / ] Choices.
  • 02br 00 ( ) Optional.
  • 02br 02br 00 Not "told you quickly".
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0 All of the sentences that can be constructed as shown below are good.02br
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01i00[As soon as / Once / The moment (that) / When01sup00102sup00] I 02br
00 [knew01sup00102sup00 / found / found out] (that) I couldn't go with you, 02br
00 I should have told you ( [ 02i00so00
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0Cj-san02br
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00Thank you very much for your "quick" response. (I guess this use of "quick" is O.K.)02br
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00Would you mind explaining why "when I knew" is not appropriate?0-
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0 You need something with a perfective aspect after the 01i00when02i00 in that construction, i.e., something that happens at a 01u00point02u00 in time. 01i00knew02i00 has an imperfective aspect there, i.e., the knowing took place over a 01u00period02u00 of time, so it's not appropriate.02br
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0CJ San02br
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00Thank you again for your detailed explanation. 02br
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00I was not sure how to use "know", though I vaguely understood the verb was generally used to describe "state".02br
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00Your explanation has remineded me of a chemical reaction, where a property of a certain substance is changed with an addition of another s
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0 Yes, when I used the term imperfective, I was including states. 01i00 find out02i00, in contrast to 01i00know02i00, expresses an event, not a state.02br
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00Your analogy with chemistry is not so far-fetched. I believe you are on to something. The chemistry of grammar. 05002br
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