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Jenthecute Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

is VS will be

0* The original sentence was: 02br
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00If you enter wrong(incorrect) PIN three times01b00 in succession02b00, it 01b00is02b00 blocked. 02br
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00* And I touched a little bit of it and made:02br
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00If you enter 01b00the 02b00wrong PIN three times 01b00in a row02b00, it 01b00will be02b00 blocked.02br
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00Don't you think it should be 01b00'will be blocked'02b00 instead of 01b00'is blocked'02b00 even though it is stating the general information?02br
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00Because... the blocking part will happen after entering process. It's very tricky to someone like me.. 02br
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00And I don't quite understand what 01b00'in succession'02b00 means here. Does that mean like, while trying to succeed in entering the PIN?02br
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00Like 01b00'in a row' 02b00or01b00 'consecutive'02b00?02br
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00Thank you in advance! 0-
  

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1i 00In succession02i 00 does mean 01i 00in a row02i 00 or 01i 00consecutively02i 00. 02br 02br 00Your corrected sentence is far better, but has a problem that many native speakers also have with their writing, and that is that the "it" doesn't refer to anything that came before in the sentence. "It" isn't you, and "it" isn't the PIN.

— BarbaraPA

  • 1i 00In succession02i 00 does mean 01i 00in a row02i 00 or 01i 00consecutively02i 00.
  • 02br 02br 00Your corrected sentence is far better, but has a problem that many native speakers also have with their writing, and that is that the "it" doesn't refer to anything that came before in the sentence.
  • "It" isn't you, and "it" isn't the PIN.
  • Presumably, it's either access to your account or your account itself.
  • " (And it would be nice if you also told the person what to do to get a PIN reset, or whatever.
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1i00In succession02i00 does mean 01i00in a row02i00 or 01i00consecutively02i00. Its meaning is not related to succeed or to success.02br
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00Your corrected sentence is far better, but has a problem that many native speakers also have with their writing, and that is that the "it" doesn't refer to anything that
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0THANK YOU VERY MUCH Grammar Geek!! :->02br
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00have a great one!! muah!0-
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0Hello Jenthecute02br
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00In answer to your question about the use of the present tense:02br
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001. If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, your card will be locked.02br
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002. If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, your card is locked.02br
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00You would be more likely to use the #1 str
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0thanks bunches! 050010id1
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