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Rubi567 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

grammar question

It was agreed on yesterday's meeting that further steps are going to be taken/would be taken in this case

The second version is recommended by key. is the first also correct?
  

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Rubi567 It was agreed at yesterday's meeting that further steps [ are going to be taken/would be taken ] in this case. The second version is definitely better. The first version is also grammatically correct but not formal enough for the subject matter.

— CalifJim

  • Rubi567 It was agreed at yesterday's meeting that further steps [ are going to be taken/would be taken ] in this case.
  • The second version is definitely better.
  • The first version is also grammatically correct but not formal enough for the subject matter.
  • Besides, ' were going to be taken' would be the more likely first version.
  • The correspondences are normally these: will - [is/are] going to would - [was/were] going to CJ
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Rubi567It was agreed at yesterday's meeting that further steps [are going to be taken/would be taken] in this case.
The second version is definitely better. The first version is also grammatically correct but not formal enough for the subject matter. B
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