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JungKim Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
time when...
Which do you find the best? And also let me know if any one is ungrammatical.
(1-A) Do you remember the time when we took you camping?
(1-B) Do you remember the time we took you camping?
(1-C) Do you remember when we took you camping?
(1-D) Do you remember the time that we took you camping?
(2-A) There once was a time when we took you camping.
(2-B) There once was a time we took you camping.
(2-C) There once was when we took you camping.
(2-D) There once was a time that we took you camping.
(1-A) Do you remember the time when we took you camping?
(1-B) Do you remember the time we took you camping?
(1-C) Do you remember when we took you camping?
(1-D) Do you remember the time that we took you camping?
(2-A) There once was a time when we took you camping.
(2-B) There once was a time we took you camping.
(2-C) There once was when we took you camping.
(2-D) There once was a time that we took you camping.
Top answer
1A to 1D are all correct, and mean more or less the same thing. There are the very subtlest shades of meaning in these four, which are too complicated to explain. Consider them all the same - for all practical purposes.
- 1A to 1D are all correct, and mean more or less the same thing.
- There are the very subtlest shades of meaning in these four, which are too complicated to explain.
- Consider them all the same - for all practical purposes.
- 2A to 2D are unusual (2C is not used today, 2D is awkward grammatically), as unpleasantness is implied.
- You would only say something like this in very trying circumstances.
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1A to 1D are all correct, and mean more or less the same thing. There are the very subtlest shades of meaning in these four, which are too complicated to explain. Consider them all the same - for all practical purposes.
2A to 2D are unusual (2C is not used today, 2D is awkward grammatically), as unpleasantness is implied. You would only say something like this in very trying circumstan
2A to 2D are unusual (2C is not used today, 2D is awkward grammatically), as unpleasantness is implied. You would only say something like this in very trying circumstan
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