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Beopro Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Provident and Foresighted

A. Don't be so provident. You should take good care of the present first.

B. Don't be so foresighted. You should care about the present well first.

Are these sentences grammatical and ok to say?

Thank you very much, Teachers

Beopro
  

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Neither provident nor foresighted can be used that way in an imperative. It's like saying, Don't know the future. People don't know the future anyway, so there's no reason to command them not to know the future.

— CalifJim

  • Neither provident nor foresighted can be used that way in an imperative.
  • It's like saying, Don't know the future.
  • People don't know the future anyway, so there's no reason to command them not to know the future.
  • Maybe you mean Don't worry about the future.
  • Take care of the present first.
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Neither provident nor foresighted can be used that way in an imperative. It's like saying,

Don't know the future.

People don't know the future anyway, so there's no reason to command them not to know the future.

Maybe you mean

Don't worry about the future. Take care of the present first.

We also have these expressions.

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Dear CJ and other teachers,

May I use "provident" and "foresighted" in this situation?

"She chose him to be her husband because he knows how to be foresighted/because he is usually provident."

Thank you very much, Teachers

Beopro
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