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Flyingboy Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Past tense & future tense in a sentence
hi everyone
i hv a question to ask
for example i wanna tell my friend a thing which ll happen soon but was discovered by me in the past
should I say:
a. I knew he will work in ABC company next week
or
b. i knew he would work in ABC company next week
thank you!!! )
i hv a question to ask
for example i wanna tell my friend a thing which ll happen soon but was discovered by me in the past
should I say:
a. I knew he will work in ABC company next week
or
b. i knew he would work in ABC company next week
thank you!!! )
Top answer
When you start out with the past ( I knew ... ), and you need to say something about the future, you usually continue with the future of the past ( would work ). So I knew ...
- When you start out with the past ( I knew ...
- ), and you need to say something about the future, you usually continue with the future of the past ( would work ).
- So I knew ...
- would work ...
- is correct.
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When you start out with the past (I knew ...), and you need to say something about the future, you usually continue with the future of the past (would work). So I knew ... would work ... is correct. Instead of would work, you can also say was going to work.
By the way, it's at [a company] or for [a company], not in [a compa
By the way, it's at [a company] or for [a company], not in [a compa
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Hi, flyingboy! Welcome to English Forums!
Please try to use correct spelling and capitalization in your posts here ("I have" instead of "i hv") -- some of us are allergic to the kind of abbreviations that are common on the internet. Thank you!
Please try to use correct spelling and capitalization in your posts here ("I have" instead of "i hv") -- some of us are allergic to the kind of abbreviations that are common on the internet. Thank you!
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