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Angel girl1 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Help with tenses.
Hi,
Could you please correct this tenses for me?
I hope Betty would still work (still, work) for me when I retire in six years' time. She will retire (retire) herself a few years afterwards, because she will then be (then, be) sixty. She will have been working (work) for the firm for twenty years by then and will have qualified (qualify) for the firm's firm pension. She says that when she retires she will work (work) as a business consultant. She will probably earn ( earn, probably) more money doing that than she has ever done (do, ever). At the moment, she is in London on a special assignment, but she will come (come) back tomorrow, so if you look in then I will introduce (introduce) you to her.
I appreciate your help.
Could you please correct this tenses for me?
I hope Betty would still work (still, work) for me when I retire in six years' time. She will retire (retire) herself a few years afterwards, because she will then be (then, be) sixty. She will have been working (work) for the firm for twenty years by then and will have qualified (qualify) for the firm's firm pension. She says that when she retires she will work (work) as a business consultant. She will probably earn ( earn, probably) more money doing that than she has ever done (do, ever). At the moment, she is in London on a special assignment, but she will come (come) back tomorrow, so if you look in then I will introduce (introduce) you to her.
I appreciate your help.
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I hope Betty will still work for me when I retire in six years's time. The rest are correct!
- I hope Betty will still work for me when I retire in six years's time.
- The rest are correct!
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I hope Betty will still work for me when I retire in six years's time.
The rest are correct!
The rest are correct!
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I hope Betty will still work/ be working (still, work) for me when I retire in six years' time.
She says that when she retires she will work / be working (Actually you are talking about what she will be doing in a specific future action)(work) as a business consultant. She will probably earn / be earning ( earn, probably) more money
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Thanks a lot for both of you.
I have learnt that we express wishes in the future by using "I hope/ wish+ would+bare infinitive". Is this rule wrong?
I have learnt that we express wishes in the future by using "I hope/ wish+ would+bare infinitive". Is this rule wrong?
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There is a difference in the verbs wish and hope.
I wish he would call me. (would is the auxiliary after wish. We use wish when the event is uncertain less likely to happen.)
I hope he will call me. (will is the auxiliary after hope. We use hope when the event is more probable and certain.)
I wish he would call me. (would is the auxiliary after wish. We use wish when the event is uncertain less likely to happen.)
I hope he will call me. (will is the auxiliary after hope. We use hope when the event is more probable and certain.)
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angel girl1I have learnt that we express wishes in the future by using "I hope/ wish+ would+bare infinitive". Is this rule wrong?The rule is wrong. The combinations for 'hope', for example, are
hope ... will
hoped ... would
hope ... am/is/are
hoped ... was/were
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