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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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so much as

Is this a natural way to say this? Should I use the future tense? I'm I repeating myself with toe and nail?

If my toe so much as grazes anything, my ingrown nail makes me want to scream.
If my toe so much as grazes anything, my ingrown nail will make me want to scream.
  

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Hello, the first phrase is conditional, so you can use the present tense in the second phrase. You use this one because when it touches something, it happens. But the other phrase is OK too.

  • Hello, the first phrase is conditional, so you can use the present tense in the second phrase.
  • You use this one because when it touches something, it happens.
  • But the other phrase is OK too.
  • I like the first one
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Hello, the first phrase is conditional, so you can use the present tense in the second phrase. You use this one because when it touches something, it happens. But the other phrase is OK too. I like the first one

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