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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Need help!

Hi.

I would want to say that people always tell me I look like a child. I can say it like: 'I have been told I look like a child.' But how can I say this sentence in future tense? I think if I say 'I'm being told I look like a child' is not correct.


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Well you cannot put this in the absolute future because how will you know that people will continue to say you look like a child? Maybe you will suddenly age and they will stop saying it. However, you can suggest that it will continue because it has happened repeatedly already.

— Doctor D

  • Well you cannot put this in the absolute future because how will you know that people will continue to say you look like a child?
  • Maybe you will suddenly age and they will stop saying it.
  • However, you can suggest that it will continue because it has happened repeatedly already.
  • " that may suggest that this occurred in the past (but not necessarily at present).
  • " then it suggests that this is occurring in the present (and not necessarily in the past).
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Well you cannot put this in the absolute future because how will you know that people will continue to say you look like a child? Maybe you will suddenly age and they will stop saying it.

However, you can suggest that it will continue because it has happened repeatedly already.

So, you can just say: "People always tell me that I look like a child."

Or, "People tell me that I

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anonymousI would want like to say that people always tell me I look like a child. I can say it like: 'I have always been told I look like a child.'

Yes, as shown, or People always tell me I look like a child. There is no need to change the tense and voice.

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