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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
On or at
Salaam,
Is it on the altar or at the altar. I see both such as: he sacrificed his career on/at the altar of marriage. Which is right?
2) Is will or would appropriate here?
It is a thing that gives them great joy, so why would they refuse to buy it?
I take it 'would' is right here. But I'd like to know.
3) Again, can we use would in question form whenever we have 'was going to'? I find 'was going to' tedious. For instance: was he going to do it or not? How was he going to manage the enterprise? What was he going to do?
Can we simply replace 'was going to' with 'would' while writing in simple past? Would he do it or not? How would he manage... What would he do? And so on and so forth.
Or, will that cause confusion? I find 'was going to' extremely annoying.
Warmly,
Is it on the altar or at the altar. I see both such as: he sacrificed his career on/at the altar of marriage. Which is right?
2) Is will or would appropriate here?
It is a thing that gives them great joy, so why would they refuse to buy it?
I take it 'would' is right here. But I'd like to know.
3) Again, can we use would in question form whenever we have 'was going to'? I find 'was going to' tedious. For instance: was he going to do it or not? How was he going to manage the enterprise? What was he going to do?
Can we simply replace 'was going to' with 'would' while writing in simple past? Would he do it or not? How would he manage... What would he do? And so on and so forth.
Or, will that cause confusion? I find 'was going to' extremely annoying.
Warmly,
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-- Either will usually work: one is the surface and the other is the location. 2) 'Will' doesn't make any sense to me here, since how are we to know what 'they' will do in the future? -- Too bad.
- -- Either will usually work: one is the surface and the other is the location.
- 2) 'Will' doesn't make any sense to me here, since how are we to know what 'they' will do in the future?
- -- Too bad.
- It is a very native verb form.
- However, you can use either in the cases you mention.
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1) Which is right?-- Either will usually work: one is the surface and the other is the location.
2) 'Will' doesn't make any sense to me here, since how are we to know what 'they' will do in the future?
3) I find 'was going to' extremely annoying.-- Too bad. It is a very native verb form. However, you can use either in the cases you mention.
2) 'Will' doesn't make any sense to me here, since how are we to know what 'they' will do in the future?
3) I find 'was going to' extremely annoying.-- Too bad. It is a very native verb form. However, you can use either in the cases you mention.
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