Happy for him to
1) I am happy for him to go to jail.
Is he going to jail now or is he going to go to jail?
Could one say that sentence if one doesn't like him and doesn't think that going to jail will benefit him?
Gratefully,
Navi
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Navi, "I am happy for him to go to jail" Without context, it is difficult to know whether he is going to jail, or 'one day' MAY go to jail, or whether something he has done makes you feel he should go to jail. If he is going to jail, you could say "I'm happy he's going to jail". We would know that this is actually happening.
- Navi, "I am happy for him to go to jail" Without context, it is difficult to know whether he is going to jail, or 'one day' MAY go to jail, or whether something he has done makes you feel he should go to jail.
- If he is going to jail, you could say "I'm happy he's going to jail".
- We would know that this is actually happening.
- But let's say your dislike someone, and you hear he has not paid his taxes for a few years and he is being audited by the government.
- You might say "I am happy for him to go to jail".
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Navi,
"I am happy for him to go to jail"
Without context, it is difficult to know whether he is going to jail, or 'one day' MAY go to jail, or whether something he has done makes you feel he should go to jail.
If he is going to jail, you could say "I'm happy he's going to jail". We would know that this is actually happening.
But let's say your dislike someone, and y
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