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Mr genuine Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Truncation

You shouldn’t have walked alone about the city, you could get lost.

Is this one right? Maybe as a truncation of ", ... you could get lost doing that." What do you think?
  

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No. You shouldn't have walked alone about the city; you could have got lost.

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No.

You shouldn't have walked alone about the city; you could have got lost.
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Mr genuine You shouldn’t have walked alone about the city, you could get lost.Is this one right? Maybe as a truncation of ", ... you could get lost doing that." What do you think?
I think that is possible, with your reading of it.
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You don't agree that my version is ungrammatical, do you?
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