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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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I didn't notice the changes until he came back.
Is the sentence correct?
Is the sentence correct?
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This is theoretically grammatical, but it would need to fit some context. And offhand I would say this would be difficult to fit to some context. If the changes are in him, then of course you could not notice them until he returned, so this would be saying something too obvious.
- This is theoretically grammatical, but it would need to fit some context.
- And offhand I would say this would be difficult to fit to some context.
- If the changes are in him, then of course you could not notice them until he returned, so this would be saying something too obvious.
- " If the changes are in something else, then this doesn't seem to make sense.
- That is, why could the changes be noticed only when he returned?
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This is theoretically grammatical, but it would need to fit some context. And offhand I would say this would be difficult to fit to some context. If the changes are in him, then of course you could not notice them until he returned, so this would be saying something too obvious. You'd normally say this in a positive statement: "I noticed the change in him when he came back." If the changes are
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