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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

GOT or GET

How would you say this sentence please?

1 I wouldn't want you saying no to me when I get/got older.

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Use "got older". Make sure that the tenses match.

— Blue Roses

  • Use "got older".
  • Make sure that the tenses match.
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Use "got older". Make sure that the tenses match.
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Blue RosesUse "got older". Make sure that the tenses match.
That's is not necessarily true. Let's say you are 25 now speaking into the future,

1 I wouldn't want you saying no to me when I get/got older.

"Wouldn't" doesn't inflect past tense in this context. It merely means, "I wish not...".
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