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Hirashin Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
to cross the street with heavy traffic before the light turns green
Dear native English speakers,
Would both of the sentences be used? Would you please correct them if needed?
(a) It would be so dangerous to cross the street with heavy traffic
before the light turns green.
(b) It is really dangerous to walk across the street with heavy traffic
before the green light is on.
Thanks in advance.
Hirashin from Kyoto, Japan
Would both of the sentences be used? Would you please correct them if needed?
(a) It would be so dangerous to cross the street with heavy traffic
before the light turns green.
(b) It is really dangerous to walk across the street with heavy traffic
before the green light is on.
Thanks in advance.
Hirashin from Kyoto, Japan
Top answer
( a) It would be very dangerous to cross a street with heavy traffic before the light turns green. (b) It is really dangerous to walk across a street with heavy traffic before the light turns green.
- ( a) It would be very dangerous to cross a street with heavy traffic before the light turns green.
- (b) It is really dangerous to walk across a street with heavy traffic before the light turns green.
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(a) It would be very dangerous to cross a street with heavy traffic before the light turns green.
(b) It is really dangerous to walk across a street with heavy traffic before the light turns green.
(b) It is really dangerous to walk across a street with heavy traffic before the light turns green.
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Thanks for the help, Mister Micawber.
In (a), would 'so dangerous' sound strange?
Hirashin
In (a), would 'so dangerous' sound strange?
Hirashin
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hirashinn (a), would 'so dangerous' sound strange?It sounds like a teenager.
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Mister Micawber hirashinn (a), would 'so dangerous' sound strange?It sounds like a teenager.Ahh...I see. Thanks for the help, Mister Micawber.
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hirashinIn (a), would 'so dangerous' sound strange?(a) It would be so dangerous to cross the street with heavy traffic
before the light turns green that one should not even think about it.
When you have the pattern, so + adjective, a native speaker expects that + clause.
He was so sick that he d
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Thanks for the help, Alphecca Stars.
And one more question.
Would using "cross the street" sound strange in (a) and (b)? Would only "cross a street" be correct?
Hirashin
And one more question.
Would using "cross the street" sound strange in (a) and (b)? Would only "cross a street" be correct?
Hirashin
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