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Mbouti Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

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Dear members

The sun has already risen when we get to the beach.
The sun had already risen when we got to the beach.

I wonder whether we go on a trip this year.
I wonder that we go on a trip this year.

Are they the sentences above acceptable to commonly use?

Thanks in advance

mbouti
  

Top answer

mbouti The sun had already risen when we got to the beach. This is a past tense sentence. It is telling about an episode that happened in the past.

— AlpheccaStars

  • mbouti The sun had already risen when we got to the beach.
  • This is a past tense sentence.
  • It is telling about an episode that happened in the past.
  • mbouti The sun has already risen when we get to the beach.
  • This sentence is possible, but not very likely.
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mboutiThe sun had already risen when we got to the beach.
This is a past tense sentence. It is telling about an episode that happened in the past.
mboutiThe sun has already risen when we get to the beach.
This sentence is possible, but not very likely. It might be a description of something that happens in a dream, or an im
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AlpheccaStarsrisen
In dictionaries, I can find only

risen:

BrE/'r?zn/

NAmE /'r?zn/


Is this evidence enough that /'ra?zn/ is wrong?
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It's pretty conclusive.
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Do you mean my question is too difficult to give a conclusion, or that the phonetics of 'risen' given by the dictionary show the conclusion that /'raizn/ is wrong?
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OttoJDo you mean my question is too difficult to give a conclusion
Emotion: tongue tiedI wonder what might h
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