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SpoonfedBaby Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Verb Tenses Again
I have a wonderful exchange language exchange partner. She is a woman from England. I sent to her a message that she never received. After learning that, I wrote back to her another e-mail relating what I had written.
I wrote:
Her correction:
I would like to know the difference between what I wrote and the correction.
P.S. Thank you for the answers on my previous posts and thank you in advance for the coming answers. The answer for “Contrary-to-Fact Conditional” came pretty fast.
I wrote:
I told you that I finally succeeded to make the pancakes.
Her correction:
I told you that I HAVE FINALLY SUCCEEDED to make the pancakes.
I would like to know the difference between what I wrote and the correction.
P.S. Thank you for the answers on my previous posts and thank you in advance for the coming answers. The answer for “Contrary-to-Fact Conditional” came pretty fast.
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spoonfedbaby, I would say it differently. To me, the corrected version in your post where the past event (have finally succeeded) is combined with the "to make" seems odd. But it might just be me.
- spoonfedbaby, I would say it differently.
- To me, the corrected version in your post where the past event (have finally succeeded) is combined with the "to make" seems odd.
- But it might just be me.
- Here's how I would do it.
- 1) I told you that I finally succeeded in making pancakes.
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spoonfedbaby,
I would say it differently.
To me, the corrected version in your post where the past event (have finally succeeded) is combined with the "to make" seems odd. But it might just be me.
Here's how I would do it.
1) I told you that I finally succeeded in making pancakes.
Or
2) I told you that I have finally succeeded in makin
I would say it differently.
To me, the corrected version in your post where the past event (have finally succeeded) is combined with the "to make" seems odd. But it might just be me.
Here's how I would do it.
1) I told you that I finally succeeded in making pancakes.
Or
2) I told you that I have finally succeeded in makin
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MountainHiker is quite correct in saying that you would use "the pancakes" if you were referring to some specific pancakes. If your conversation had been focused on trying to make pancakes according to some recipe you were trying out, let's say, then you are talking about "the pancakes" which you were attempting to make. If, on the other hand, you were just trying to make 'any old' pancakes, fo
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