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Sami Kumar Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Feel as much + abstract noun+ as + simple future
Hi.
I was proofreading a story for my friend. However, the opening line didn't seem grammatical to me.
The opening line was:
"You probably haven't felt pain (in your life) like you will when you have finished reading this story."
It seemed grammatically wrong to me the instance I read it. If I were to express the same information, I would say:
"You probably haven't felt as much emotional pain (in your life) as you will when you have finished reading this story."
What he wanted to say was that the readers will feel the worst emotional pain of their lives.
The combination of present perfect tense and future tense with the as much as construction confuses me, because, normally, two similar tenses precede and follow 'as much+ abstract noun+ as' . Is it grammatical to use it like this?
Any help will be appreciated
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I was proofreading a story for my friend. However, the opening line didn't seem grammatical to me.
The opening line was:
"You probably haven't felt pain (in your life) like you will when you have finished reading this story."
It seemed grammatically wrong to me the instance I read it. If I were to express the same information, I would say:
"You probably haven't felt as much emotional pain (in your life) as you will when you have finished reading this story."
What he wanted to say was that the readers will feel the worst emotional pain of their lives.
The combination of present perfect tense and future tense with the as much as construction confuses me, because, normally, two similar tenses precede and follow 'as much+ abstract noun+ as' . Is it grammatical to use it like this?
Any help will be appreciated
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Sami Kumar Is it grammatical to use it like this? It seems fine and unremarkable to me, though it does suggest the type of pain rather than the intensity of pain if considered logically.
- Sami Kumar Is it grammatical to use it like this?
- It seems fine and unremarkable to me, though it does suggest the type of pain rather than the intensity of pain if considered logically.
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Sami KumarIs it grammatical to use it like this?It seems fine and unremarkable to me, though it does suggest the type of pain rather than the intensity of pain if considered logically.
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Thanks a million for the reply. I reckon I should use 'as/how/the way' to suggest the type of feeling.
"You probably haven't felt emotional pain (in your life) as/how/the way you will (feel it) when you have finished reading this story"
Another example:
To describe the type of feeling:
"You haven't felt disappointed the way/how/as you will (feel) once you have finish
"You probably haven't felt emotional pain (in your life) as/how/the way you will (feel it) when you have finished reading this story"
Another example:
To describe the type of feeling:
"You haven't felt disappointed the way/how/as you will (feel) once you have finish
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Mister Micawber Sami KumarIs it grammatical to use it like this?It seems fine and unremarkable to me, though it does suggest the type of pain rather than the intensity of pain if considered logically.Is my conclusion correct?
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Sami KumarIs my conclusion correct?Yes, it seems so. You have these choices in your last sentence:
You haven't felt as much disappointment as you will (feel) once you finish watching the show.
You haven't felt as disappointed as you will (feel) once you finish watching the show.
(Simple present
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Mister Micawber Sami KumarIs my conclusion correct?Yes, it seems so. You have these choices in your last sentence:You haven't felt as much disappointment as you will (feel) once you finish watching the show.You haven't felt as disappointed as you will (feel) once you finish watching the show.(Simple present 'finish' is the native choice.)Thanks again
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