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N5pn4cya Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Temporal Directives using before/until, please help clarify tense usage
Hi,
Which one of the following is correct? If all are correct, what situations would warrant one and not the others? Thank you/
- Please do not sit on the couch until you have gotten permission.
- Please do not sit on the couch before you have gotten permission.
- Please do not sit on the couch until you get permission.
- Please do not sit on the couch before you get permission.
The differences amongst the sentences above are two-fold: 1) until vs. before 2) present tense vs. present perfect after the temporal adverb.
Which one of the following is correct? If all are correct, what situations would warrant one and not the others? Thank you/
- Please do not sit on the couch until you have gotten permission.
- Please do not sit on the couch before you have gotten permission.
- Please do not sit on the couch until you get permission.
- Please do not sit on the couch before you get permission.
The differences amongst the sentences above are two-fold: 1) until vs. before 2) present tense vs. present perfect after the temporal adverb.
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Hi, Welcome to the Forum. Which one of the following is correct? If all are correct, what situations would warrant one and not the others?
- Hi, Welcome to the Forum.
- Which one of the following is correct?
- If all are correct, what situations would warrant one and not the others?
- Thank you/ - Please do not sit on the couch until you have gotten permission.
- - Please do not sit on the couch before you have gotten permission.
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Hi,
Welcome to the Forum.
Which one of the following is correct? If all are correct, what situations would warrant one and not the others? Thank you/
- Please do not sit on the couch until you have gotten permission.
- Please do not sit on the couch before you have gotten permissio
Welcome to the Forum.
Which one of the following is correct? If all are correct, what situations would warrant one and not the others? Thank you/
- Please do not sit on the couch until you have gotten permission.
- Please do not sit on the couch before you have gotten permissio
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Thank you Clive.
What about this: Please do not sit on the couch before getting permission.
In this case, I'm trying to avoid using a verb phrase after the adverb before by replacing it with (what I'm thinking to be) a gerund noun.
Is this acceptable (not using a verb phrase after an adverb such as "before")?
Thank you again.
What about this: Please do not sit on the couch before getting permission.
In this case, I'm trying to avoid using a verb phrase after the adverb before by replacing it with (what I'm thinking to be) a gerund noun.
Is this acceptable (not using a verb phrase after an adverb such as "before")?
Thank you again.
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Hi,
Yes, it's fine.
In formal writing, a word like 'obtain' or 'receive' is often used in preference to 'get'.
We use words like get/put/do/make all the time in everyday speech, but we tend to avoid them in our serious writing. Perhaps they are too blunt, not sufficiently nuanced.
Yes, it's fine.
In formal writing, a word like 'obtain' or 'receive' is often used in preference to 'get'.
We use words like get/put/do/make all the time in everyday speech, but we tend to avoid them in our serious writing. Perhaps they are too blunt, not sufficiently nuanced.
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