If you do that you’ll scare them away
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I am sitting on a bench with my friend. Other people are walking towards us.
She says:
Shall I scream at them.
I say: No, if you do that you’ll scare (you are scaring) them off.
I am wondering if I could use: you are scaring them off as a general statement.
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I am reluctant to say no, because there is often a context I haven't thought of that would permit a certain locution, but no, you could not use that.
- I am reluctant to say no, because there is often a context I haven't thought of that would permit a certain locution, but no, you could not use that.
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I am reluctant to say no, because there is often a context I haven't thought of that would permit a certain locution, but no, you could not use that.
0The sentence, "No, if you do that you'll scare them off.", is used when your friend has not yet started to scream.
The sentence,"No, if you do that you're scaring them off.", is ungrammatical. The sentence,"You're scaring them off.", is okay if said after your friend has started screaming.
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