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Old Eladio Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

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0Please, tell me if the following sentence has been correct written:02br
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01b00I will be used to driving on the left when I have been driving in London one year at least.02b02br
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00What's the difference with a sentence like:02br
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01b00I will get used to driving on the left when I have been driving in London one year at least.02b02br
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00Thank you in advance,02br
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0excuse me, but i don't understand first sentence. 02font 00)02br 02br 00what do they mean ? 0-

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0excuse me, but i don't understand first sentence. it tells us about future then it tells about past or unknown tense.02br
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00(in addition grammatically, i will be used to 01font00drive.........02font00)02br
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0Hi, Yunus:02br
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01b00I will be used to driving on the left when I have been driving in London one year at least = I will be accustomed to drive on the left...02b02br
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01b00I will get used to driving on the left when I have been driving in London one year at least = I will accusto
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0Both the sentences sound pretty weird to me. Because, as I know, "used to" construction may be used only in past tense. For example, 01b00I used to drive a car when I was young = I drove a car when I was young02b00. If you want to say about something what will happen in the future, you should say it in other words, not using "used to". 02br
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0"Use" can be tricky...02br
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001. I use a knife to cut my meat: the knife is a tool in that instance.02br
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002. I used to swim a lot when I was young: You swam a lot/regularly when you were young, but now you don't do that anymore.02br
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003. I'm used to sleeping with the windows open: it's a habit you have.0-
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10Please, tell me if the following sentence has been correct written:12br
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11b10I will be used to driving on the left when I have been driving in London one year at least.12b12br
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10What's the difference with a sente
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0Thanks pieanne anyway, but it seems you didn't read my answer to yunus. You didn't answer to my questions. I perfectly know what you have already explaned.02br
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00Please, native, help me.02br
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0Sorry, Eladio...02br
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00All I can say is that I'm more used to ( 05000 ) hearing "used to + -ing" in the present, simple past or present perfect past than in the future. Yet I don't see why it shouldn't be correct. "To be accustomed to" seems a nice alternative.02br
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00A future in the main clause + a present perfect in the subordinate doe
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0Thank you again pieanne!02br
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00Now, I think you have answered. I appreciate that! But there are left two questions I want someone to answer:02br
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001.- Can I say: I'm accustomed to drive (or I have to say "to driving")02br
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002.- What's the difference between:02br
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00I will be used to driving.... an
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0Sorry, it's me again!02br
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00I'd say "accustomed to + -ing"02br
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00As to the difference between "be" and "get", I just answered it in my previous post! 05000 "get" means a process, "be", a state.010id1
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0Sorry, pieanne, yours truly is here bothering again.02br
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00Ok, I'll use ING.02br
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00But what about the difference between the two sentences in future?02br
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00Truly yours,02br
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00Eladio0-

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