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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence correct?

"They haven't said anything about the teachers getting fired if made mistakes."

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"They haven't said anything about the teachers getting fired were they made mistakes."
  

Top answer

Neither sentence is quite correct. They haven't said anything about the teachers getting fired if they made mistakes.

— Blue Jay

  • Neither sentence is quite correct.
  • They haven't said anything about the teachers getting fired if they made mistakes.
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Neither sentence is quite correct. They haven't said anything about the teachers getting fired if they made mistakes.
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No, neither sentence is correct. Try again.
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Is this okay?

They haven't said anything about the teachers would be fired if they made mistakes.
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No, but you could say They haven't said anything about whether the teachers would be fired if they made mistakes.
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What about using "didn't say" and not "haven't said" please?
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Thanks.

Last of all, are these sentences identical in terms of meaning?

"They haven't said anything about whether the teachers would be fired if they made mistakes."
"They haven't said anything about the teachers getting fired if they made mistakes"
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Franky12 What about using "didn't say" and not "haven't said" please?
Those would work too.
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AnonymousThanks.Last of all, are these sentences identical in terms of meaning?"They haven't said anything about whether the teachers would be fired if they made mistakes.""They haven't said anything about the teachers getting fired if they made mistakes"
Yes.
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