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Oliver01 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence wrong

I will give you a hug once I saw you
  

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I will give you a hug when I see you. I gave you a hug once I saw you.

— Leah S

  • I will give you a hug when I see you.
  • I gave you a hug once I saw you.
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I will give you a hug when I see you.

I gave you a hug once I saw you.
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I will give you a hug once I have seen you.

Reason: the complete sentence needs to be in present form.
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Oh wait ..you suggesting the other one is incorrect ?
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The other one could be:

I will give you a hug once I see you.
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You changed it to I will hug you..I haved " I'll give you a hug" too Emotion: surprise
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Leah SI will give you a hug when I see you.I gave you a hug once I saw you.
Nice of you replying..wondered when would you use the 2nd one

I gave you a hug once I saw

Is it like you saw someone today ..gave her a hug..and tomorrow you talk about it and say ...I gave you a hug once I saw you?
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Oliver01Is it like you saw someone today ..gave her a hug..and tomorrow you talk about it and say ...I gave you a hug once I saw you?
The correct statement could be:

I would give you a hug once I had seen you. OR
I would give you a hug once I saw you.
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To my way of thinking this becomes more of a hypothetical or a reflection - "Every day at one pm I would give her a hug..." - less of a direct statement of history. Is that your intent or am I misinterpreting?
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Leah STo my way of thinking this becomes more of a hypothetical or a reflection - "Every day at one pm I would give her a hug..." - less of a direct statement of history. Is that your intent or am I misinterpreting?
Am confused..are you talking to me or Soheil!

if you talking to me..I still don't quite understand what you mean by a reflection
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No, I was asking Sahil. Emotion: smile

By reflection I mean... like in a story, talking about something that happened regularly. It sound
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