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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

decide or deciding

Hi,
She hasn’t called the movers yet in hopes of her ex-husband changing his mind about marrying the woman and decides/deciding to come back to her.

Should I use 'decides' or 'deciding' here?

Thanks.
  

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Hi, She hasn’t called the movers yet in hopes of her ex-husband changing his mind about marrying the woman and decides /deciding to come back to her. Should I use 'decides' or 'deciding' here? The latter.

— Clive

  • Hi, She hasn’t called the movers yet in hopes of her ex-husband changing his mind about marrying the woman and decides /deciding to come back to her.
  • Should I use 'decides' or 'deciding' here?
  • The latter.
  • She has hopes about him 'changing' and 'deciding' .
  • Or you could say She hasn’t called the movers yet in hopes that her ex-husband changes his mind about marrying the woman and decides to come back to her.
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Hi,
She hasn’t called the movers yet in hopes of her ex-husband changing his mind about marrying the woman and decides/deciding to come back to her.

Should I use 'decides' or 'deciding' here? The latter. She has hopes about him 'changing' and 'deciding' .
Or you could say
She hasn’t called the movers yet in hopes that her ex-husband changes his mind about ma
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Hi Clive,
Thnank you very much.
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