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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Situationally fixed tense use

Hi. Please read the scenario that was made up and tell me which tense you would use if asked.

Fictitious scenario: A new guy joined our group. We usually play a game every Friday night. One rule among many is that if you raise your hand first and answer the question, then you will get a strawberry (strawberry-flavored?) candy. Now, I am going to tell him about the rule (or a result that will occur if a person does something right). Which tense is correct to you?

Hi. If raise you hand first and answer the question, you will get (or gets?) a strawberry candy. Do you understand?

Also, in the above scenario-telling narrative, would you use the present "join" in "A new guy joined our group" instead of "joined" in the sentence and change some tense that follow like this?

A new guy joins our group. We usually play a game every Friday night. One rule among many is that if you raise your hand first and answer the question, then you will get a strawberry (strawberry-flavored?) candy. Now, I have to tell him about the rule (or a result that will occur if a person does something right). Which tense is correct to you?

Thank you.
  

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Present is best throughout. ,

  • Present is best throughout.
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