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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
To always be careful
Can I say,
(a) The man told Susan to always be careful.
(b) She will be careful next time.
(a) The man told Susan to always be careful.
(b) She will be careful next time.
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Vincent Teo, (a) - the sentence contains the so-called split infinitive - to always be . Traditional grammars reject it as incorrrect, but it is widely used and seems generally acceptable, so the sentence is correct. (b) - is correct.
- Vincent Teo, (a) - the sentence contains the so-called split infinitive - to always be .
- Traditional grammars reject it as incorrrect, but it is widely used and seems generally acceptable, so the sentence is correct.
- (b) - is correct.
- Will most probably refers not to future time as such, but rather to a prediction made by the speaker.
- Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff.
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Vincent Teo,
(a) - the sentence contains the so-called split infinitive - to always be. Traditional grammars reject it as incorrrect, but it is widely used and seems generally acceptable, so the sentence is correct.
(b) - is correct. Will most probably refers not to future time as such, but rather to a prediction made by the speaker.
Respectfully, Gleb Ch
(a) - the sentence contains the so-called split infinitive - to always be. Traditional grammars reject it as incorrrect, but it is widely used and seems generally acceptable, so the sentence is correct.
(b) - is correct. Will most probably refers not to future time as such, but rather to a prediction made by the speaker.
Respectfully, Gleb Ch
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