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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Hey there,

could anyone explain to me why it says "are teaching" and later "relax"? Why do they mix the -ing form and the simple form?

"– yet it takes three years before you're really teaching well, because it is three years before you relax in the classroom."

Best wishes,
Ben
  

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` The sentence is fine. Has somebody told you that you mustn't mix tenses in the same sentence? Ignore that advice.

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The sentence is fine.

Has somebody told you that you mustn't mix tenses in the same sentence?

Ignore that advice.
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Anonymous"– yet it takes three years before you're really teaching well, because it is three years before you relax in the classroom."
It doesn't flow too well to my ear. You may as well disregard what it says.
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grammarfreak You may as well disregard what it says.
The meaning seems clear enough to me.
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fivejedjon grammarfreak You may as well disregard what it says.The meaning seems clear enough to me.
If that works for you, great! This is the part that strikes me as rough to the ear.- because it is three years before you relax in the classroom." -
Versus: It is going to take three years before you f
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grammarfreakThis is the part that strikes me as rough to the ear.- because it is three years before you relax in the classroom." -Versus: It is going to take three years before you feel relaxed in the classroom.
My ears are not roughed up by either version.
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