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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

facebook

I knew it was bound to reach me one day because more and more others were getting timelined.

or

I knew it was bound to reach me one day because more and more others were have been timelined.

talking about facebook.

Are both useable or is one better than the other?

Thanks!
  

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Both sound a bit odd to me, though the first option looks better than the second. Maybe you could rephrase it to something like "s I knew it was bound to reach me one day because more and more users / of my friends were getting timelined. "

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  • Both sound a bit odd to me, though the first option looks better than the second.
  • Maybe you could rephrase it to something like "s I knew it was bound to reach me one day because more and more users / of my friends were getting timelined.
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Both sound a bit odd to me, though the first option looks better than the second.
Maybe you could rephrase it to something like "s I knew it was bound to reach me one day because more and more users / of my friends were getting timelined. "
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The first sounds wrong, and the second is definitely wrong.

I'm not sure what you mean by timelined (I don't use FB, so maybe that's why). No dictionary recognizes the word as a verb.
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Aspara GusThe first sounds wrong, and the second is definitely wrong.I'm not sure what you mean by timelined (I don't use FB, so maybe that's why). No dictionary recognizes the word as a verb.
Talking about a disease:

I knew it was bound to reach me, because more and more others have been getting infected.

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I knew it was bound to r
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