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TeacherJapan Posted 5 years ago
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When you get discharged from the hospital after a long hospitalization, everything you see looks different. It feels like having been born into a different world.

  

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teacherJapan Is this correct? I don't like "having been born". You start in the simple present.

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  • teacherJapan Is this correct?
  • I don't like "having been born".
  • You start in the simple present.
  • You should stay there.
  • "When you get discharged from the hospital after a long hospitalization, everything you see looks different.
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teacherJapanIs this correct?

I don't like "having been born". You start in the simple present. You should stay there.

"When you get discharged from the hospital after a long hospitalization, everything you see looks different. It feels like being born into a different world."

Or use a clause if you must have the continuous:

"When you get d

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teacherJapanIs this correct?

Yes. Also, 'like being born' or 'like you have been born' or 'as if you have been born'.

CJ

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