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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

I do not know how to cook...

0I see the following sentence has been written this way which I am confident is correct:02br
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01font01b001:02b00 I do not know how to cook and my sister is not home from College until later this afternoon.02font02br
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00But I would have written the above sentence as:02br
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01font01b002:02b00 I do not know how to cook and my sister would not be back from College until 01b00later02b00 this afternoon.02font02br
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01font00Does my sentence mean the same thing as sentence #1?02font02br
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01font00Is 01i01b00later02b02i00 used as an adjective?02font0-
  

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02br 02br 00 The second sentence should have 01i 00will02i 00 instead of 01i 00would02i 00. 02br 02br 01i 00later02i 00 is an adverb (of time). 01i 00until later02i 00 is an adverbial expression of time.

— CalifJim

  • 02br 02br 00 The second sentence should have 01i 00will02i 00 instead of 01i 00would02i 00.
  • 02br 02br 01i 00later02i 00 is an adverb (of time).
  • 01i 00until later02i 00 is an adverbial expression of time.
  • You may wish to think of it as 01i 00until a later time02i 00.
  • 02br 02br 00 CJ0-
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0 01i00do not know 02i00goes with 01i00is not home/back02i00 or with 01i00will not be home/back02i00.02br
01i00did not know02i00 goes with 01i00was not home/back02i00 or with 01i00would not be home/back02i00.02br
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