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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Wants to sleep when
Are both of these correct? Do they mean different things?
She wants to sleep when she wants to sleep.
She sleeps when she wants to sleep.
Thank you
She wants to sleep when she wants to sleep.
She sleeps when she wants to sleep.
Thank you
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They're both grammatically correct. The first strikes me as a tautology, which tells you nothing. She's tired when she's tired.
- They're both grammatically correct.
- The first strikes me as a tautology, which tells you nothing.
- She's tired when she's tired.
- How could it be otherwise?
- The second one has the implication that she sleeps when she's sleepy, taking no other factors into account.
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They're both grammatically correct.
The first strikes me as a tautology, which tells you nothing. She's tired when she's tired. How could it be otherwise?
The second one has the implication that she sleeps when she's sleepy, taking no other factors into account. Maybe she should be at work, but if she wants to sleep, the job will wait.
The first strikes me as a tautology, which tells you nothing. She's tired when she's tired. How could it be otherwise?
The second one has the implication that she sleeps when she's sleepy, taking no other factors into account. Maybe she should be at work, but if she wants to sleep, the job will wait.
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