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Zelena Posted 15 years ago
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Dear Native Speakers,
which option would you choose, LOSE or WILL lOSE here:
"Oh, lovely! We have won! I think we'd better go home now, Tim, while we are winning otherwise you
LOSE / WILL LOSE all the money again."
This is from a testbook, where the key says "LOSE" but why not use WILL LOSE here if it refers to the future? I checked in my Oxford Dictionary where in the sample sentence they use "will" with "otherwise", so I don't understand. A misprint in the key, maybe?
Thank you very much for your help.
which option would you choose, LOSE or WILL lOSE here:
"Oh, lovely! We have won! I think we'd better go home now, Tim, while we are winning otherwise you
LOSE / WILL LOSE all the money again."
This is from a testbook, where the key says "LOSE" but why not use WILL LOSE here if it refers to the future? I checked in my Oxford Dictionary where in the sample sentence they use "will" with "otherwise", so I don't understand. A misprint in the key, maybe?
Thank you very much for your help.
Top answer
I am amost a native and this is my take. "Oh, lovely! We have won!
- I am amost a native and this is my take.
- "Oh, lovely!
- We have won!
- I think we'd better go home now, Tim, while we are winning .
- " It's an assumed future, suggesting if they keep playing or gambling, the house will get their money back.
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I am amost a native and this is my take. 
"Oh, lovely! We have won! I think we'd better go home now, Tim, while we are
"Oh, lovely! We have won! I think we'd better go home now, Tim, while we are
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ZelenaA misprint in the key, maybe?Yes!
Otherwise you will lose ...is the correct answer.
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