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Burnsy Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Retirement/retiring question
Hi. This is my first post here, and am looking forward to an answer to my question! I hope someone can help.
I was asked a question today by a Japanese teacher of English that has confused me.
The question was:
Are these both correct?
You will live comfortably after your retirment.
You will live comfortably after your retiring.
The second immediately sounds wrong to me, but I am not sure - as the teacher was fairly sure that it is grammatically correct. The more I hear it, the more it sounds OK - but that could just be my brain becoming fried.
Lucas
I was asked a question today by a Japanese teacher of English that has confused me.
The question was:
Are these both correct?
You will live comfortably after your retirment.
You will live comfortably after your retiring.
The second immediately sounds wrong to me, but I am not sure - as the teacher was fairly sure that it is grammatically correct. The more I hear it, the more it sounds OK - but that could just be my brain becoming fried.
Lucas
Top answer
Welcome to English forums! Yes, thinking about the same sentences for very long can fry the brain! The second is grammatically correct but very unidiomatic except in very formal speech.
- Welcome to English forums!
- Yes, thinking about the same sentences for very long can fry the brain!
- The second is grammatically correct but very unidiomatic except in very formal speech.
- The first is also grammatically correct, and, what's better, it has the advantage that native speakers accept it more readily as the normal way to express that idea.
- CJ
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Welcome to English forums!
Yes, thinking about the same sentences for very long can fry the brain!
The second is grammatically correct but very unidiomatic except in very formal speech.
The first is also grammatically correct, and, what's better, it has the advantage that native speakers accept it more readily as the normal way to express that idea.
CJ
Yes, thinking about the same sentences for very long can fry the brain!
The second is grammatically correct but very unidiomatic except in very formal speech.
The first is also grammatically correct, and, what's better, it has the advantage that native speakers accept it more readily as the normal way to express that idea.
CJ
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