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Catull Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Fortune Cookies at the bar?
Could you help me with these sentences. I plan to do this in the future in England with a girl I just met on the Internet, but I don't know if the grammar is alright and the bartender will understand me.
(At the bar)
Me: Could you do me a favor?
Bartender: What is it?
Me: In a few minutes me and a lovely girl will come to you and will order something to drink from you. Would you be so kind to hand out these two fortune cookies together with the beverages? I've changed the message in both of them and I hope, that when she will have read it, she will be thinking that our date was guided by fate. I really hope this will help me to ask her out for a second date. Just pretend that at todays orders free fortune cookies come with them. Thank you.
What do you think?
I'm especially unsure about the "will have read"-sentence - would you continue with "will" future or with "...that when she will have read it, she thinks" (present tense)?
Thank you very much!
(At the bar)
Me: Could you do me a favor?
Bartender: What is it?
Me: In a few minutes me and a lovely girl will come to you and will order something to drink from you. Would you be so kind to hand out these two fortune cookies together with the beverages? I've changed the message in both of them and I hope, that when she will have read it, she will be thinking that our date was guided by fate. I really hope this will help me to ask her out for a second date. Just pretend that at todays orders free fortune cookies come with them. Thank you.
What do you think?
I'm especially unsure about the "will have read"-sentence - would you continue with "will" future or with "...that when she will have read it, she thinks" (present tense)?
Thank you very much!
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In a few minutes me and a lovely girl will come with me up to the bar to you and will order something to drink from you. Would you be so kind as to hand us these two fortune cookies together with the beverages? I've changed the message in both of them and I hope, that when she will have reads it, she will think be thinking
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Why did you change all the "future" aspects to simple present? Doesn't "In a few minutes" and "When she..." implie an action that will happen in the future?
I'm somehow confused about this, because in the german language (I'm German obviously) we often don't distinguish between present and future tense and I've heart that english is very strict on this. So why did you change it?
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I'm somehow confused about this, because in the german language (I'm German obviously) we often don't distinguish between present and future tense and I've heart that english is very strict on this. So why did you change it?
Thank
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Most of the future tenses are still there.
Note that the present tenses are in subordinate clauses. The action occurs at the same time as the action in the main clause. The future tense is incorrect.
When Iwill get to the party, she will leave.
Note that the present tenses are in subordinate clauses. The action occurs at the same time as the action in the main clause. The future tense is incorrect.
When I
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In a few minutes a lovely girl will come with me up to the bar and order something to drink.
Compound verb: will come and (will) order. We normally do not repeat the auxiliary verb.
I hope, that when she reads it, she will think that our date was guided by fate. I really hope this will help her to agree to a second date.
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Compound verb: will come and (will) order. We normally do not repeat the auxiliary verb.
I hope, that when she reads it, she will think that our date was guided by fate. I really hope this will help her to agree to a second date.
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