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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

I have a question

have a question,


I posted on instagram "tell my mistakes to me, not to others, because those are to be corrected by me, not by them."

And someone corrected me, telling me I was wrong because I should've put "have" instead of "are"...


Who is right?

  

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Anonymous Who is right? It depends on what you meant. They are both right, but with different meanings.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Who is right?
  • It depends on what you meant.
  • They are both right, but with different meanings.
  • Those are to be corrected = Those are intended to be corrected Those have to be corrected = Those are commanded to be corrected.
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AnonymousWho is right?

It depends on what you meant. They are both right, but with different meanings.


Those are to be corrected = Those are intended to be corrected

Those have to be corrected = Those are commanded to be corrected.

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