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Jenny chiu Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Please help me explain this sentence.
My niece lived in France, but she visits Switzerland this week.
The answers says that sentence is wrong.
It should be : My niece lives in France, but she is visiting Switzerland this week.
Why? Maybe she lived in France three years ago...?? Must add time??
The answers says that sentence is wrong.
It should be : My niece lives in France, but she is visiting Switzerland this week.
Why? Maybe she lived in France three years ago...?? Must add time??
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Jenny chiu It should be : My niece lives in France, but she is visiting Switzerland this week. Correct. Both sentences are grammatical, but only this one has two parts that make sense together.
- Jenny chiu It should be : My niece lives in France, but she is visiting Switzerland this week.
- Correct.
- Both sentences are grammatical, but only this one has two parts that make sense together.
- It seems incongruous to connect the two ideas as you did in your first version of the sentence.
- It reads somewhat like these, which are equally anomalous: I used to like apples, but Laura and Susan are going shopping for clothes tomorrow.
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Jenny chiuIt should be : My niece lives in France, but she is visiting Switzerland this week.Correct. Both sentences are grammatical, but only this one has two parts that make sense together.
It seems incongruous to connect the two ideas as you did in your first version of the sentence. It reads somewhat like these, which are equally anomalous:
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