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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Happy Mother's Day, mom.
As you know, you are the best. You have nurtured me in many ways and I thank you. You were gracious in times of trouble and shown (to??) me what it means to be a person of integrity and fortitude during hard times; it surely would be a fine lesson to be treasured dearly in my life time. These days, I don't call you often and I want to say 'sorry' to you. Mom, I will call you more often and say 'I love you' more often.
As you know, you are the best. You have nurtured me in many ways and I thank you. You were gracious in times of trouble and shown (to??) me what it means to be a person of integrity and fortitude during hard times; it surely would be a fine lesson to be treasured dearly in my life time. These days, I don't call you often and I want to say 'sorry' to you. Mom, I will call you more often and say 'I love you' more often.
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Anonymous Happy Mother's Day, mom. As you know, you are the best. You have nurtured me in many ways and I thank you.
- Anonymous Happy Mother's Day, mom.
- As you know, you are the best.
- You have nurtured me in many ways and I thank you.
- ) showed me what it means to be a person of integrity and fortitude during hard times; it surely would be a fine lesson to be treasured dearly in my life time.
- These days, I don't call you enough often and I want to say 'sorry' to you.
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AnonymousHappy Mother's Day, mom.
As you know, you are the best. You have nurtured me in many ways and I thank you. You were gracious in times of trouble andshown (to??)showed me what it means to be a person of integrity and fortitude during hard times; it surely would be a fine lesson to be treasured dearly in my life
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Feebs11Happy Mother's Day, mom/MomAnonymousHappy Mother's Day, mom.
Should it be mom or Mom?
I usually see it capitalised.
Many thanks.
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Don't you think you mother treasured you? You say it would be a fine lesson - which says that it has not happened yet. Most mothers I know do indeed treasure their children. I'm also not sure that "lesson" is the right word - do you think you'll learn from it? Perhaps you mean a great experience.
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Thank you.
What I meant to say was that I would treasure the precious experiences I had with her and the life lessons learned. I think 'would' can be used in two (or more) ways: one is to indicate the sense of the past and the other is to show the likelihood of something happening.
When I say "It would be a fine lesson," does it only have to say it has not happened?
What I meant to say was that I would treasure the precious experiences I had with her and the life lessons learned. I think 'would' can be used in two (or more) ways: one is to indicate the sense of the past and the other is to show the likelihood of something happening.
When I say "It would be a fine lesson," does it only have to say it has not happened?
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There is no sense of the past in either of your examples. In the second one, yes, it says it would meet his need -- if it were to happen, but it hasn't happened yet.
But anyway, here's the part we're discussing: it surely would be a fine lesson to be treasured dearly in my life time.
This says to me IF (some time in the future) I were to feel dearly treasured in my lifetime, THE
But anyway, here's the part we're discussing: it surely would be a fine lesson to be treasured dearly in my life time.
This says to me IF (some time in the future) I were to feel dearly treasured in my lifetime, THE
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