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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Slowly becoming a scaredy-cat

Are these both natural?

My toddler wasn’t scared to do anything until he turned 4. Since then, he’s become a scaredy-cat./since then he’s (slowly) becoming a scaredy-cat.


Can you use continuous tense “is becoming” with “Since”?

Can you use “slowly” in the sentence? Is it natural?

Is is there a word other than scaredy-cat I can use?


Thank you!

  

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My toddler wasn’t scared to do anything until he turned 4. /since then he’s (slowly) becoming a scaredy-cat. Can you use continuous tense “is becoming” with “Since”?

— CalifJim

  • My toddler wasn’t scared to do anything until he turned 4.
  • /since then he’s (slowly) becoming a scaredy-cat.
  • Can you use continuous tense “is becoming” with “Since”?
  • 'has become' is more natural than 'is becoming' (with 'since'), but both seem all right to me.
  • anonymous Can you use “slowly” in the sentence?
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anonymousAre these both natural?My toddler wasn’t scared to do anything until he turned 4. Since then, he’s become a scaredy-cat./since then he’s (slowly) becoming a scaredy-cat.
Can you use continuous tense “is becoming” with “Since”?

'has become' is more natural than 'is becoming' (with 'since'), but both seem all right to me.

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