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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Implicitly understood referent?
Hi. Is it correct to have the expression "It'll be great" (with the pronoun "It" referring to the job "singer" here in the following made-up dialogues (one with the phrase "in the future" and one without)? Thank you in advance for your help.
A: I see, you are going at singing. Do you want to be a singer?
B: Yes. It'll be great.
A: I see, you are good at singing. Do you want to be a singer in the future?
B: Yes. It'll be great.
A: I see, you are going at singing. Do you want to be a singer?
B: Yes. It'll be great.
A: I see, you are good at singing. Do you want to be a singer in the future?
B: Yes. It'll be great.
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A: I see you are good at singing. Do you want to be a singer (in the future)? B: Yes.
- A: I see you are good at singing.
- Do you want to be a singer (in the future)?
- B: Yes.
- It'll be great.
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A: I see you are good at singing. Do you want to be a singer (in the future)?
B: Yes. It'll be great.
B: Yes. It'll be great.
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Thank you. Please help me with this, too. Is it incorrect to have a comma after the word "Yes" instead of a period in the response by B in the corrected dialogue you provided below? Thank you again in advance for your help.
You wrote:
A: I see you are good at singing. Do you want to be a singer (in the future)?
B: Yes. It'll be great.
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You wrote:
A: I see you are good at singing. Do you want to be a singer (in the future)?
B: Yes. It'll be great.
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AnonymousIs it incorrect to have a comma after the word "Yes" instead of a periodThat will be OK, but not accurate regarding the conversation, I think
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