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Blueblooded65 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Narrating story in the past form

He felt he likes to talk to her and she be his confident.
  

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My instinct is that the sentence is correct. Is that your question? )

  • My instinct is that the sentence is correct.
  • Is that your question?
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My instinct is that the sentence is correct. Is that your question?
(I wouldn't try it in casual conversation.)
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Yes. I wanted to see if it is correct.
So what would you use instead?
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He felt he likes to talk to her and she will be his confidant..
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AlpheccaStarsHe felt he likes to talk to her and she will be his confidant..
This line wants to say the "he liked to talk to her and he liked her to be his confident"
Now, does your sentence have the same meaning? Does it mean that he liked her to be his confident?
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You cannot use the word confident here.
It is an adjective, meaning self-assured: He is confident that he can win the game.

I think you want confidant - it means to be an adviser, someone who he can trust will all his secrets.

You can use these:

He liked to talk to her and he wanted her to be his confidant.
He liked to ta
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How can I say this sentence in the past simple form? (I mean the second sentence)
He was worried that she may not accept him. How should he talk to her?

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