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Tinanam0102 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

The same person before

Hi teachers,

If you haven't seen a friend in a decade, and you bumped into her, and had a chat with her, you feel like she hasn't changed a bit.

1. Would you say "You're the same Julie before"?

2. Would you please correct my sentence question? (I had hard time composing it.)

Thanks

Tinanam
  

Top answer

1. No. You might say "Boy, you're exactly the same Julie as you were before" if you want to stay close to your formation.

— CSnyder

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  • You might say "Boy, you're exactly the same Julie as you were before" if you want to stay close to your formation.
  • " 2.
  • Imagine you haven't seen a friend in a decade, and you bump into her.
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1. No. You might say "Boy, you're exactly the same Julie as you were before" if you want to stay close to your formation. But the most natural way to express the sentiment is simply "You know, you haven't changed a bit."

2. Imagine you haven't seen a friend in a decade, and you bump into her. As you're having a chat with her, you realize she hasn't changed at all.
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Hi CSndyder,

I understand for 2. you corrected it with present tense. If we imagine a situation, should we use past tense? Like conditional?

Thanks

Tinanam
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Hi CSndyder,

I understand for 2. you corrected it with present tense. If we imagine a situation, should we use past tense? Like conditional?

Thanks

Tinanam
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Really the most important thing is to be consistent with tense. Your original sentence mixed past and present ("You bumped into a friend....you feel she hasn't changed..."

You can use either tense; you could equally well change your original passage to "Imagine you bumped into a friend after not having seen her for a decade. After having a chat with her, you felt she hadn't changed a bit
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Hi CSnyder,

Thanks for your help.

Tinanam
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