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Perfect Stranger Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

correct or not no. 2

Hi, are these correct or not?

1. I was tired of her, of her mood swings, her behavior and I couldn't take it anymore. Still, I think there's no excuse for cheating on somebody


2. What would you do if you had a baby with a man who was cheating on you?


I guess in the second one the tense should be changed into past simple.


3. It looks like you can forgive somebody who has cheated on you...


Past simple or present perfect?
  

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Perfect Stranger 1. I was tired of her, of her mood swings, her behavior and I couldn't take it anymore. Still, I think there's no excuse for cheating on somebody This needs a period at the end.

— Avangi

  • Perfect Stranger 1.
  • I was tired of her, of her mood swings, her behavior and I couldn't take it anymore.
  • Still, I think there's no excuse for cheating on somebody This needs a period at the end.
  • " You're starting a new independent clause, and there are two earlier commas.
  • At least, you need a comma there.
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Perfect Stranger1. I was tired of her, of her mood swings, her behavior and I couldn't take it anymore. Still, I think there's no excuse for cheating on somebody
This needs a period at the end.
I'd use a semicolon after "behavior." You're starting a new independent clause, and there are two earlier commas.
At least, you need a comma there.
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AvangiPerfect Stranger2. What would you do if you had a baby with a man who was cheating on you? No problem.
Thanks Avangi.

Would it be acceptable to say:

What would you do if you had a baby with a man who

a) has been cheating on you
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What would you do if you had a baby with a man who

a) has been cheating on you
b) is cheating on you
c) cheats on you
d) cheated on you

Yes, it would be acc
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AvangiYes, it would be acceptable to complete the sentence in each of these ways.
That's what I wanted to know. The problem is that I see no difference between:

a) ...a man who has been cheating on her (I guess that this one stresses the fact that the action started in the past and is still going on) VS cheats on her VS is cheating o
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The problem is that "to cheat on someone" can describe a single act or it can describe a recurring, habitual pattern.

The last two are easy. In this particular case, I see no difference between the present perfect and the simple past.
He has cheated on her at least once and possibly multiple times in the past. We don't know which. Whether or not this is continuing into the present, o
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