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Persian Learner Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Simple present vs future

Hi.

We have a male neighbor I'll call "Flash".

We have a male neighbor I call "Flash".

What the difference between the two sentences?
  

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The first means I'm not going to tell you his real name, but I'll use the name "Flash" to refer to him during this conversation . The second means I have given him the nickname "Flash", and that's the name I usually use to refer to him.

— Blue Jay

  • The first means I'm not going to tell you his real name, but I'll use the name "Flash" to refer to him during this conversation .
  • The second means I have given him the nickname "Flash", and that's the name I usually use to refer to him.
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The first means I'm not going to tell you his real name, but I'll use the name "Flash" to refer to him during this conversation. The second means I have given him the nickname "Flash", and that's the name I usually use to refer to him.
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Persian LearnerWe have a male neighbor I'll call "Flash".
We have a male neighbour who is nicknameless. I'm going to call him "Flash".
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