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Levis1 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Talk/talked
Is this OK: This guy came over and tried to intimidate me by threatening to tell on me if I talk/talked to you again.
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levis1 This guy came over and tried to intimidate me by threatening to tell on me if I talked to you again. I would use 'talked', but 'talk' doesn't strike me as wrong either. By the way, the idea of "telling on someone" is somewhat juvenile.
- levis1 This guy came over and tried to intimidate me by threatening to tell on me if I talked to you again.
- I would use 'talked', but 'talk' doesn't strike me as wrong either.
- By the way, the idea of "telling on someone" is somewhat juvenile.
- That is, it is generally limited to the speech of children.
- A "guy" (a grown man) would not be much of threat if he said he would "tell on you".
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levis1This guy came over and tried to intimidate me by threatening to tell on me if I talked to you again.
I would use 'talked', but 'talk' doesn't strike me as wrong either.
By the way, the idea of "telling on someone" is somewhat juvenile. That is, it is generally limited to the speech of children. A "guy" (a gr
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