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Suivant Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

True?

I read a sentence. "Mary is walking her dog". Is this usage right?
  

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suivant "Mary is walking her dog". Is this usage right? Its grammar is right.

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  • suivant "Mary is walking her dog".
  • Is this usage right?
  • Its grammar is right.
  • We cannot tell whether it is true or not because we cannot see Mary at the moment, so we don't know what she is doing.
  • Maybe this is true: 'Mary is taking a shower'.
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suivant"Mary is walking her dog". Is this usage right?
Its grammar is right. We cannot tell whether it is true or not because we cannot see Mary at the moment, so we don't know what she is doing. Maybe this is true: 'Mary is taking a shower'.
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Sorry i find. It's true.
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Then you have access to knowledge that we don't.
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suivant True? vs Correct?
Note the differences.

'True' and 'false' apply to the situations expressed or described by sentences.
If Mary is walking her dog, then the sentence "Mary is walking her dog" is true.
If you live in Turkey, then the sentence "You live in Turkey" is true, and the sentence "You live in France" is false.

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This is particularly difficult for Turkish people because, as I understand it, in Turkish there is no difference between "true" and "correct" as there is in English.
Yes. I mean "this usage is correct."
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