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Wangqh2696122 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Is the sentence grammatically correct?
Is the following sentence grammatically correct? I think the comma should be changed to semicolon, and “was believing” should be “would have believed”. Do you think so?
“Thank you for your timely reminding, I was believing what the cheat said.” He said gratefully.
“Thank you for your timely reminding, I was believing what the cheat said.” He said gratefully.
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"Thank you for your timely reminder— I believed what the cheat said , ” he responded gratefully. Two 'said's in a row are not good style.
- "Thank you for your timely reminder— I believed what the cheat said , ” he responded gratefully.
- Two 'said's in a row are not good style.
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"Thank you for your timely reminder—I believed what the cheat said,” he responded gratefully.
Two 'said's in a row are not good style.
Two 'said's in a row are not good style.
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Why is the simple present tense used here? I feel the subjunctive mood is better here, because after being reminded, "I" didn't believe what the cheat had said.
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What? You used subjunctive nowhere...
wangqh2696122because after being reminded, "I" didn't believe what the cheat had said....and this has nothing to do with subjunctive or any other verb form that I can see.
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