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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Sentence inquiry

Which expression is the correct one grammatically:

My parents thought when I grow up I will eat up the fridge.

My parents thought when I grow up I will be eating up the fridge.

Please comment specifically on the use of 'will eat and will be eating'.

Thank you.
  

Top answer

Hi I think it is the second. Your parents weren't worried that you would do it once and then it would be over. They were worried that it would happen over and again - a continuous process.

— Dave_anon

  • Hi I think it is the second.
  • Your parents weren't worried that you would do it once and then it would be over.
  • They were worried that it would happen over and again - a continuous process.
  • So the tense to use is the future continuous: I will be eating up the fridge Dave
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Hi

I think it is the second. Your parents weren't worried that you would do it once and then it would be over. They were worried that it would happen over and again - a continuous process. So the tense to use is the future continuous: I will be eating up the fridge

Dave
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Thank you. Then what is the difference between these two sentences:

I will visit this restaurant often.

I will be visiting this restaurant often.

Specifically the use of the future continuous tense in the second. But what impact does the word often have?
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AnonymousI will visit this restaurant often.
It is my firm intention to visit this restaurant again and again.
AnonymousI will be visiting this restaurant often.
I can just imagine myself enjoying being at this restaurant again and again.

This is just a more vivid and descriptive version than the first one.
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Got it. So basically often does not change much in both sentences. Right?

I provided those example because the first teacher said the difference between the two sentences that I provided in my first post is that one of them uses the future continuous tense. So I thought it would be the same case for these ones as well. Or does it not? Because as you mentioned the second one is just a more
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AnonymousSo basically often does not change much in both sentences. Right?
Right. It has the same meaning no matter which sentence you put it in. Again and again. Frequently.
Anonymousthe difference between the two sentences that I provided in my first post is that one of them uses the future continuous tense.
That's true
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Thank you very much for your amazing explanation. Just curious, can''t I change grew to grow, as in as I grow up. Or, does this just not work because the entire sentence needs to be in the past form. I don't feel that the word grow affects the sentence, just asking?

Also, if I want to write the same sentence in the present form, would this be correct:
My parents think that as I grow u
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AnonymousOr, does this just not work because the entire sentence needs to be in the past form.
This is the reason.
Anonymouspresent form, would this be correct:
My parents think that as I grow up I will be eating up everything in the fridge.
My parents think that when I grow up I will eat everything in the fridge.
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Thank you very much for the great lesson teacher Emotion: smile
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