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IS the given below sentence gramatically correct?Well, given the time and money you'll spend in travelling to the video store it's better that you go to a movie theater.Thanks in advace!

Cool Breeze · Accepted Answer

Your sentence isn't correct. My suggestion: Considering how much time and money you spend going to the video store, I think it's better that you go to a movie theater instead.

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Misty77 · Answer

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Avangi · Answer

Well, given the time and money you'll spend in travelling to the video store it's better that you go to a movie theater.

I'd probably use "time and money you'd spend."

Given your lack of funds, you'd better stay home. It seems like the same basic structure.
Given the problems you might have, it's better that you not go.

I think that if you use future tense, as in your original, you have to elipse "if you go."
Perhaps the same thing is true of "you would spend" (if you went), but that's not a problem, is it?
With "would," we automatically assume the "if" clause.

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