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Musicgold Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Are these sentences natural? Jan 27

Hi,

Are the following sentences natural to a native ear?

1. When are the Oscars?

2. When is the February 1? ( I was expecting an answer like next Wednesday)

3. It is too bad that I didn't have the internet growing up.

Thanks,
MG.
  

Top answer

1. OK 2. When is it the first of February?

— Rover_KE

  • 1.
  • OK 2.
  • When is it the first of February?
  • When's February the first?
  • 3.
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1. OK

2. When is it the first of February? When's February the first?

3. It's too bad that I didn't have the internet when I was growing up.

Rover
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1. When are the Oscars? Fine.

2. When is the February 1? Fine as corrected. (Pronounce it 'February first', though - not 'February one'.)
If you want "the", you'll need to write and say: When is the first
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Hi,
Very strictly speaking, the ‘I’ in Internet should be capitalized. Emotion: wink

Regards
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RegardsVery strictly speaking, the ‘I’ in Internet should be capitalized.
I think we on this forum have been around the block a few times about this. Publishers are now very often not capitalizing it anymore. In fact, one on-line magazine (I believe it was "Wired", or something like that) had an article on this very issue when their editors decided not to ca
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A follow-up on #3. I don't understand why 'is' is better than 'was'. We are talking about something in the past.
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It's too bad I didn't have ...

You mean you want "It was too bad I didn't have ..."?

You can have that too. It is also correct.

It depends whether you want to focus on your current (present) judgment of the situation described.

CJ
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