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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
that & subjunctive
How would you correctly write these 2 sentences please?
Which are correct and natural?
It is normal that she is using my credit card and not yours. She's my wife.
It is normal for her to use my credit card and....
Is it too much to ask that dinner be ready when I got home.
Is it too much to ask that dinner is ready when I get home.
Thanks
Which are correct and natural?
It is normal that she is using my credit card and not yours. She's my wife.
It is normal for her to use my credit card and....
Is it too much to ask that dinner be ready when I got home.
Is it too much to ask that dinner is ready when I get home.
Thanks
Top answer
It is normal that she is using my credit card and not yours. She's my wife. It is normal for her to use my credit card and....
- It is normal that she is using my credit card and not yours.
- She's my wife.
- It is normal for her to use my credit card and....
- Both are correct sentences; however 'that' carries more a sense of normal in the abstract sense of society's normality, whilst 'for her' carries more a sense of normal in terms of her actual habits.
- " Is it too much to ask that dinner be ready when I got home.
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It is normal that she is using my credit card and not yours. She's my wife.
It is normal for her to use my credit card and....
Both are correct sentences; however 'that' carries more a sense of normal in the abstract sense of society's normality, whilst 'for her' carries more a sense of normal in terms of her actual habits.
It is normal for her to use my credit card and....
Both are correct sentences; however 'that' carries more a sense of normal in the abstract sense of society's normality, whilst 'for her' carries more a sense of normal in terms of her actual habits.
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