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Roky0071 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Immediacy of the present tense
I am giving a couple of sentences below.Please get me correct.
1.I am home.
2.Here I am/here they are.
3.You are forgiven.
4.Permission (is)granted.
5.Here the bus comes. etc
Can I use all of the sentences above to convey a sense of Immediacy of the events?
1.I am home.
2.Here I am/here they are.
3.You are forgiven.
4.Permission (is)granted.
5.Here the bus comes. etc
Can I use all of the sentences above to convey a sense of Immediacy of the events?
Top answer
They are all OK except (5), which would usually be "Here comes the bus". "I am home" would usually be contracted to "I'm home" in conversation. I am home.
- They are all OK except (5), which would usually be "Here comes the bus".
- "I am home" would usually be contracted to "I'm home" in conversation.
- I am home.
- This is correct spacing: 1.
- I am home.
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They are all OK except (5), which would usually be "Here comes the bus". "I am home" would usually be contracted to "I'm home" in conversation.
Please note that this is incorrect spacing:
1.I am home.
This is correct spacing:
1. I am home.
Please note that this is incorrect spacing:
1.I am home.
This is correct spacing:
1. I am home.
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