Come along
He stopped there and thought to have some rest until the tortoise come along.
Is the sentence grammatically correct and natural?
Top answer
Where did you see that? It is possible that "come" is in the subjunctive mood, but it would have to be a very old piece of writing. Nowadays we would make it "until the tortoise came along".
- Where did you see that?
- It is possible that "come" is in the subjunctive mood, but it would have to be a very old piece of writing.
- Nowadays we would make it "until the tortoise came along".
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Where did you see that? It is possible that "come" is in the subjunctive mood, but it would have to be a very old piece of writing. Nowadays we would make it "until the tortoise came along".
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On a related note, speakers of North American English don't seem to use this word. Confusingly, they say turtle instead.
0You can mix tenses with a direct quote:
The hare stopped there and thought to himself, "I'll have some rest until the tortoise comes along."
Converting to indirect speech:
The hare stopped there and thought that he would take some rest until the tortoise came along."
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