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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Sentence inquiry

I would like to know if both these sentences are grammatical and natural?

Gold will give you more than you've expected.
God will give you more than you expect.

If so, which is better or prefered?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

"more than you've expected" feels unusual. "more than you expect" is fine. You wrote "Gold" in one sentence and "***" in the other.

— GPY

  • "more than you've expected" feels unusual.
  • "more than you expect" is fine.
  • You wrote "Gold" in one sentence and "***" in the other.
  • Presumably one of these is a typo.
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"more than you've expected" feels unusual. "more than you expect" is fine. You wrote "Gold" in one sentence and "***" in the other. Presumably one of these is a typo.
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GPY"more than you've expected" feels unusual. "more than you expect" is fine. You wrote "Gold" in one sentence and "***" in the other. Presumably one of these is a typo.
Thanks a lot for your help. Yes, it was a typo, I meant "***".
Does the use of 'you've expected' imply what the person had in mind in the past, which is unusal to use, as compared to the p
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I'm not sure there is really any logical reason why "more than you've expected" feels unusual. There is nothing seemingly unusual about the concept that it expresses. I think it is more to do with idiomatic patterns. Ordinary past tense "more than you expected" seems OK.
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GPY. Ordinary past tense "more than you expected" seems OK.
I see. So grammatically all three are possible but it is more about idiomatic patterns. Have I understood correctly?
GPYI think it is more to do with idiomatic patterns.
Out of the three do you prefer the simple present "more than you expect"?
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