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USF Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

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Would you please tell me which one is correct?

(He, not she probably Emotion: wink, have not mustache now)

By a mustache, you would be awesome!
By a mustache, you will be awesome!
By a mustache, you are awesome!

I want to know what is the correct usage of "By...,..." that can be use for making kind of a conditional sentence.
  

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Hi, Don't use 'by' for these. Use with. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, Don't use 'by' for these.
  • Use with.
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11 Answers
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Hi,

Don't use 'by' for these. Use with.

Clive
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Oh. You're right.
Thanks.

What about these?
(I have strikethroughed wrong ones)
With a horn, you would be funny!
With a horn, you will be funny!
With a horn, you are funny!

With a license, you would officially be a driver!
With a mustache, you will officially be a driver!
With a mustache, you are officially a driver!

What about using a gerund
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Hi,

What about these?
(I have strikethroughed wrong ones)
With a horn, you would be funny!
With a horn, you will be funny!
With a horn, you are funny!

With a license, you would officially be a driver!
With a mustache, you will officially be a driver!
With a mustache, you are officially a driver!

All of the above are co
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Thanks, Clive. Emotion: smile
CliveAll of the above are correct.
Do you mean that those all are have the same
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Hi,

Thanks, Clive.
CliveAll of the above are correct.
Do you mean that those all are have the same meanings? No.
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CliveDo you mean that those all are have the same meanings? No.
Could you please explain meaning of each sentence?
ClivePlease show me complete sentences. And repeat your question.
But I have already give some examples that you said are awkward. I was wondering if you could learn the correct forms to me.
By passing th
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Hi,

I teach you.
I don't learn you.
You learn when I teach.

Let's focus on these.
By passing those courses, you will become an engineer. Sou
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youzou,
Some of your sentences, even grammatically not wrong, are semantically awkward. I point this point so that you are aware that when we compose sentences, not only do we have to be grammatically correct, but also semantically making sensing.

This is how I see your sentences:.
With a horn, you would be funny! - This is not idiomatic.
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Correction:
grammarfreakI point this point so that you are aware that when we compose sentences, not only do we have to be grammatically correct, but also semantically make sense
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CliveI teach you.I don't learn you.You learn when I teach.
Thanks for your correction, I don't know why I used learn.
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