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Rajesh jain Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Idioms

1.Come whatever may ,he stuck to his original plan.
2.He sneaks/sneak a peek at everyone.
Should there be "came" instead of "come" in the first sentence?
what would be more appropriate in second sentence sneak or sneaks ?
  

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rajesh jain Should there be "came" instead of "come" in the first sentence? No. rajesh jain what would be more appropriate in second sentence sneak or sneaks ?

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  • rajesh jain Should there be "came" instead of "come" in the first sentence?
  • No.
  • rajesh jain what would be more appropriate in second sentence sneak or sneaks ?
  • He sneaks.
  • The other one is wrong.
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rajesh jainShould there be "came" instead of "come" in the first sentence?
No.
rajesh jainwhat would be more appropriate in second sentence sneak or sneaks ?
He sneaks. The other one is wrong.

Prajwal
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1. This sentence is about the future, "come" is present/future tense. "Came" is used for past tense.

2. 3rd person verbs (he, she, it) usually conjugate with an "s" at the end. He runs. She swims.
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VorparThis sentence is about the future, "come" is present/future tense. "Came" is used for past tense.
'Come what (not 'whatever') may' is a fixed expression. It is often used for future situations, but can also be used for the past - She promised not to leave him come what may.

The Corpus of Contemporary American English has several examples
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But isn't "sneak a peek" also an idiomatic expression? Why do we change its original form ?
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rajesh jainBut isn't "sneak a peek" also an idiomatic expression? Why do we change its original form ?
In 'Come what may', 'come' is in the subjunctive mood, in which the 3rd person singular form does not end in -s. The whole expression means something like "regardless of whatever may/might happen"

On 'sneak a peak', the verb 'sneak' is used ju
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fivejedjonOn 'sneak a peak', the verb 'sneak' is used just like any other verb.
Yes. I have never heard of an idiom/a phrasal verb sneak a peek. I have only heard of sneak peek(noun). The link also has an eg. sentence given by C
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