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Hirashin Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

We talked in quiet voices in case the baby woke up.

Which would be all right?
(a) We talked in quiet voices in case the baby woke up.
(b) We talked in quiet voices in case the baby wake up.
(c) We talked in quiet voices in case the baby should wake up.
(d) We talked in quiet voices in case the baby would wake up.

Hirashin
  

Top answer

'In case' is not really appropriate there, It would be more natural to say "We talked quietly so as not to wake the baby".

— Fivejedjon

  • 'In case' is not really appropriate there, It would be more natural to say "We talked quietly so as not to wake the baby".
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'In case' is not really appropriate there, It would be more natural to say "We talked quietly so as not to wake the baby".
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Thanks for the help, fivejedjon.

How about this, then?
We talked quietly so that we wouldn't wake the baby.

Hirashin
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hirashinWe talked quietly so that we wouldn't wake the baby.
That's fine.
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