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Samersamer1974 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

grammar

Hello
I have this sentence form "advanced grammar"
we are staying with john to try and find out if his place really is haunted
my question is this sentence like or similar or we can write rather than this sentence :
we will stay with john to try and find out if his place really is haunted.
if the answer is not so why ?
thank you
  

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We don't know whether 'we' are staying with John at the moment of speaking or are planning to stay in the future in your first sentence. The stay is clearly in the future in the second. Use a capital letter to for the first letter of a sentence and of proper nouns.

  • We don't know whether 'we' are staying with John at the moment of speaking or are planning to stay in the future in your first sentence.
  • The stay is clearly in the future in the second.
  • Use a capital letter to for the first letter of a sentence and of proper nouns.
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We don't know whether 'we' are staying with John at the moment of speaking or are planning to stay in the future in your first sentence. The stay is clearly in the future in the second.

Use a capital letter to for the first letter of a sentence and of proper nouns.
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Helloyes , in the first sentence "We are staying" is at the moment of speaking , so I asked if we can replace it as "we will " , and I hope to replay on my question again thank you
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the only difference I see is in the chronological "tense" of the words "are" (present) and "will" (future)
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samersamer1974 in the first sentence "We are staying" is at the moment of speaking , so I asked if we can replace it as "we will "
If you are staying there at the moment of speaking, then you cannot say 'We will stay'.
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Anonymous the only difference I see is in the chronological "tense" of the words "are" (present) and "will" (future)
'Are staying' is present (progressive) tense, but it can refer to a future situation. 'Will' refers to present certainty or volition.
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The sentence should also say "try TO find out." Trying and finding out are not two separate actions.
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That's what I noticed too.
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please can anyone say that difference between "to be done and will be done
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In British English "try and find out" is perfectly acceptable.
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I feel that "try and find out" is an archaic grammar anomaly, using "try" in it's older form synonymous with "test."

You have two verbs "try and find out" that are/were read with the same emphasis as "test and find out." It's perfectly acceptable to group two verbs together, (for example: "The fawn frolics and leaps through the daisies.")

However, because the "to test" meanin

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