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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

What is the difference?

0I have two questions on two different areas of grammar.02br
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00The 1st one is asking which one of the two is right?02br
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01i00This is the one you love the most.02i02br
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01i00This is the one you love most.02i02br
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00The 2nd Q deals with the sentence below.02br
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01i00If you had a million dollars, what are ( the???) five things (that???) you will do with the money? 02i02br
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001) Can I make it "If you have a million dollars" and not "If you had a million dollars"?02br
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002) Do I absolutely have to place "that" before "you" in the sentence above for it to be correct grammatically? 02br
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003) Can I place "the" before "five" and if I can, can it cause the meaning to differ? 0-
  

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12i 12br 12br 11font 10These would be understood to have the same meaning. ) you will 11font 10no - should be 12font 11font 11b 10would12b 10 12font 10do with the money? 12i 12br 12br 101) Can I make it "If you have a million dollars" and not "If you had a million dollars"?

— BarbaraPA

  • 12i 12br 12br 11font 10These would be understood to have the same meaning.
  • ) you will 11font 10no - should be 12font 11font 11b 10would12b 10 12font 10do with the money?
  • 12i 12br 12br 101) Can I make it "If you have a million dollars" and not "If you had a million dollars"?
  • 11font 10- If you did that, you should change "you will do" to "you are going to do"12font 12br 12br 102) Do I absolutely have to place "that" before "you" in the sentence above for it to be correct grammatically?
  • 12font 12br 12br 103) Can I place "the" before "five" and if I can, can it cause the meaning to differ?
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11i10This is the one you love the most.12i12br
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11font10These would be understood to have the same meaning. If you were to say "more," instead of "most," th
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0Thank you so much for a very informative explanation.02br
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00So, is it safe/right to say? On the question format, you can either choose to use or not to use "the" but when you are answering the question it MUST be included. It is because in the answer, the "that" is 00part 00of a subject. Right? 02br
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0Not quite. If I respond saying "01b00the02b00 one thing," I'm telling that it's the ONLY thing I will do. 02br
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00I would answer "One thing I'll do (is whatever)." I could follow up with "and then I'd buy my mom and dad a new house, and then I'd take a trip, and then I'd just see what made sense after that."02br
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00But if I
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0Thank you. Your answer makes very good sense, but if you and I are sitting on (around???) a table and having this conversation, I would include the "the" in front of "one thing" in my response because I am mentioning the one thing that has been mentioned in the question. Right? The case of a prior mentioning. 02br
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00How about if a teacher gave out a sheet and in it,
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0 For the first one, 1.02br
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00 1. if the box is made out of chocolate, the earlier. If you're talking about a box filled with chocolates, the latter.02br
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00 2. If you're sitting on top of the table, then the earlier. If you're sitting around it then, the latter.02br
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00 Hmm, what stran
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