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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Getting to a point where

How would you say this please?
Are the tenses correct? I doesn't sound right to me.

I'm getting to a point where I'm going to kill him if he does that again.
I'm getting to a point where I will kill him of he does it again.

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I would say: I'm getting to the point where I will kill him if he does that again. "The point" because you are talking about one particular point in time. By saying "a point" you suggest that there are several possible points where you could kill him.

— Doctor D

  • I would say: I'm getting to the point where I will kill him if he does that again.
  • "The point" because you are talking about one particular point in time.
  • By saying "a point" you suggest that there are several possible points where you could kill him.
  • And that is not what you mean.
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I would say:
I'm getting to the point where I will kill him if he does that again.

"The point" because you are talking about one particular point in time. By saying "a point" you suggest that there are several possible points where you could kill him. And that is not what you mean.
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