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Alc24 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
'I can't wait' idiom in the future tense?
Could a teacher or a native speaker help me with this please?
The future tense of "I can't wait to get my presents, I'm so excited?
Is the future possible with the idiom "I can't wait to do something'? If not what do you propose I say?
1 If you tell her what you bought her, she won't be able to wait to get her present and christmas is all about waiting and surprises.
2 If you tell her what you bought her, she will be like “I can't wait to get my present” and christmas is all about waiting and surprises.
1 I'm in no hurry to go to vegas. If it was New York we were going to, I wouldn't be able to wait.
2 I'm in no hurry to go to vegas. If it was New York we were going to, I would have been like “I can't wait to go”.
What is the future tense and conditional tense of "I can't wait to go to NY?) as in I'm so excited I can't wait.
Thank you so much
The future tense of "I can't wait to get my presents, I'm so excited?
Is the future possible with the idiom "I can't wait to do something'? If not what do you propose I say?
1 If you tell her what you bought her, she won't be able to wait to get her present and christmas is all about waiting and surprises.
2 If you tell her what you bought her, she will be like “I can't wait to get my present” and christmas is all about waiting and surprises.
1 I'm in no hurry to go to vegas. If it was New York we were going to, I wouldn't be able to wait.
2 I'm in no hurry to go to vegas. If it was New York we were going to, I would have been like “I can't wait to go”.
What is the future tense and conditional tense of "I can't wait to go to NY?) as in I'm so excited I can't wait.
Thank you so much
Top answer
-- The sentence is simple present; it is just the verb 'wait' that points to a future event. If not what do you propose I say? -- What is it that you want to say?
- -- The sentence is simple present; it is just the verb 'wait' that points to a future event.
- If not what do you propose I say?
- -- What is it that you want to say?
- ' Your #2 sentences are casual slang.
- -- As you wrote in your second #1.
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The future tense of "I can't wait to get my presents, I'm so excited?" Is the future possible with the idiom "I can't wait to do something'?-- The sentence is simple present; it is just the verb 'wait' that points to a future event.
If not what do you propose I say?-- What is it that you want to say? 'I will be unable / I won't be able to wait...?'
Your #2 senten
If not what do you propose I say?-- What is it that you want to say? 'I will be unable / I won't be able to wait...?'
Your #2 senten
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Sorry MM,
I don't understand
I can't wait to do something is present tense, In the below I'm trying to use I can't wait in the future tense, How would you say them?
1 If you tell her what you bought her, she won't be able to wait to get her present and christmas is all about waiting and surprises.
1 I'm in no hurry to go to vegas. If it was New York we were goin
I don't understand
I can't wait to do something is present tense, In the below I'm trying to use I can't wait in the future tense, How would you say them?
1 If you tell her what you bought her, she won't be able to wait to get her present and christmas is all about waiting and surprises.
1 I'm in no hurry to go to vegas. If it was New York we were goin
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alc24Are these natural? How would you say them yourself please? Do you understand what I'm trying to write?If she knows you are coming, she won't be able to wait to see you.If she knew you were coming she wouldn't have been able to wait to see you.Sorry -- the idiomatic sense of "to be unable to wait" only works in the present tense. If you put it into futur
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