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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Is this idiomatic
about people
This race of people only stick to their own kind. They don't mingle at all.
This race of people only stick to their own kind. They don't mingle at all.
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It seems reasonably idiomatic to me in an informal context. I wouldn't use the underlined phrase in a formal essay, though. CJ
- It seems reasonably idiomatic to me in an informal context.
- I wouldn't use the underlined phrase in a formal essay, though.
- CJ
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It seems reasonably idiomatic to me in an informal context. I wouldn't use the underlined phrase in a formal essay, though.
CJ
CJ
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Hi,
I saw this post about idiomatic
can you say if this is idiomatic
I would prefer you had leave the keys with me than had lose them.
I saw this post about idiomatic
can you say if this is idiomatic
I would prefer you had leave the keys with me than had lose them.
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Anonymouscan you say if this is idiomaticIt's wrong. Auxiliary have takes only a past participle. It's had left and had lost.
I would prefer you had leave the keys with me than had lose them.
CJ
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like this
I would prefer you had left the keys with me than had lost them.
I would have prefer you had left the keys with me than had lost them.
what's the different?
I would prefer you had left the keys with me than had lost them.
I would have prefer you had left the keys with me than had lost them.
what's the different?
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How to right sentence in present tense and past
I would prefer you had left the keys with me than had lost them.
I would have prefered?? you had left the keys with me than had lost them.
first one mean that didn't lose keys second mean lost keys?
I would prefer you had left the keys with me than had lost them.
I would have prefered?? you had left the keys with me than had lost them.
first one mean that didn't lose keys second mean lost keys?
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Prefer in the present. Plan for the future.
I would prefer that you leave the keys with me so you don't lose them.
Prefer in the past. Regret about what happened in the past.
I would have preferred that you had left the keys with me and not lost them.
CJ
I would prefer that you leave the keys with me so you don't lose them.
Prefer in the past. Regret about what happened in the past.
I would have preferred that you had left the keys with me and not lost them.
CJ
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I don't understand the difference between
I would prefer you had left the keys with me than had lost them.
I would have preferred that you had left the keys with me and not lost them.
and saw ingrammar book
the you can use the past but you are talking about the future.
I would prefer that you left the keys with me than lost them.
I would
I would prefer you had left the keys with me than had lost them.
I would have preferred that you had left the keys with me and not lost them.
and saw ingrammar book
the you can use the past but you are talking about the future.
I would prefer that you left the keys with me than lost them.
I would
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