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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
simple future. future present perfect
(passage elided)
Praise them(children) for attempting a task, even if it was unsuccessful, and for taking risks. Create an environment in which your children know that you are with them in their efforts, rather than looking to criticize them, and you will have taken a step in building a positive self-image.
Q) What does "looking to" mean and what can replace it if possible?
Q2) What is the difference in meaning between #1 and #2?
1. ... and you will have taken a step in building a positive self-image.
2. ... and you will take a step in building a positive self-image
Does #1 express the writer's strong belief that "you" will take "a step" and the change made by it will be affecting in building a positive self-image? Simply put, #1 focuses on the effect made by taking a step and #2 the possibility of taking a step?
Praise them(children) for attempting a task, even if it was unsuccessful, and for taking risks. Create an environment in which your children know that you are with them in their efforts, rather than looking to criticize them, and you will have taken a step in building a positive self-image.
Q) What does "looking to" mean and what can replace it if possible?
Q2) What is the difference in meaning between #1 and #2?
1. ... and you will have taken a step in building a positive self-image.
2. ... and you will take a step in building a positive self-image
Does #1 express the writer's strong belief that "you" will take "a step" and the change made by it will be affecting in building a positive self-image? Simply put, #1 focuses on the effect made by taking a step and #2 the possibility of taking a step?
Top answer
moon7296 ) What does "looking to" mean and what can replace it if possible? intending to, trying to, expecting to. 1.
- moon7296 ) What does "looking to" mean and what can replace it if possible?
- intending to, trying to, expecting to.
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- and you will take a step in building a positive self-image It is merely a matter of the speaker's mental perspective om the event, #1 viewed from the future and #2 viewed from now.
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moon7296) What does "looking to" mean and what can replace it if possible?intending to, trying to, expecting to.
moon7296Q2) What is the difference in meaning between #1 and #2?1. ... and you will have taken a step in building a positive self-image.2. ... and you will take a step in building a positive self-imageIt is mere
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1. He will have finished by six o'clock.
2. He will be finished by six o'clock.
3. This coming January we will have been married for 30 years.
4. This coming January we will be married for 30 years.
Q) #1 and #2 are interchangable while #3 and #4 are not, are they?(#4 is grammatically wrong, right?)
2. He will be finished by six o'clock.
3. This coming January we will have been married for 30 years.
4. This coming January we will be married for 30 years.
Q) #1 and #2 are interchangable while #3 and #4 are not, are they?(#4 is grammatically wrong, right?)
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moon7296(#4 is grammatically wrong, right?)It sounds fine to me.
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