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Alc24 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

PLEASE TELL ME HOW YOU'D SAY THESE 3 SENTENCES?

Could you please tell me how you'd say these properly and if number 2 can be said both ways?

1 I know how you feel every time you talk and no one listens now that it's happened to me.

2 To get to work, I have to take the same metro line I would to go to your house./To get to work, I'd have to take metro A just like I would if I want to go to your house.
3 They don't ask as much of me here as there.

Thank you
  

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Hello Alc, #1 and #3 are ok. With the two versions of #2, what do you see as the main difference?

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  • Hello Alc, #1 and #3 are ok.
  • With the two versions of #2, what do you see as the main difference?
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Hello Alc,

#1 and #3 are ok.

With the two versions of #2, what do you see as the main difference?
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Thank you,

In the second version, you are stating which line you need to take, whereas in version one you're not.

Is that it?

Are they both grammatical and natural?

Thank you Mr Pedantic
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I think I'd rather say that in the first version, you state what is the case, whereas in the 2nd, you state what might be the case, under certain circumstances. Here is another pair of sentences, with more context:

1. My cottage is very remote. To buy bread and milk, for instance, I have to go to a town ten miles away.

2. I don't think I'll rent that cottage. It's very re
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Thank you,

So basically, both versions are correct? They just mean two slightly different meanings?

Thank you
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Yes, both versions are ok, except that I'd change "want" to "wanted".

All the best,

MrP
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