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Beata Kolasinska Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

What is wrong with thes sentences

1. "I wish I knew that would happen"
In my opinion is should have been written in that way " I wish I knew that was going to happen" or " I wish I had known that would happen" ( I am not sure about "would " in the second sentence.

2." If somebody calls, tell him I'll be back later" - what about this one ?
  

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Beata Kolasinska "I wish I had known that would happen" This is the correct one. " If somebody calls, tell him I'll be back later" - what about this one ? It's fine.

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  • Beata Kolasinska "I wish I had known that would happen" This is the correct one.
  • " If somebody calls, tell him I'll be back later" - what about this one ?
  • It's fine.
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Beata Kolasinska"I wish I had known that would happen"
This is the correct one.
Beata Kolasinska." If somebody calls, tell him I'll be back later" - what about this one ?
It's fine.
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hmmm...., what if somebody is "she" Emotion: smile , something must be wrong there... I have to find it , this is my homework :/
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It's still OK. "Him" refers to both genders in your sentence. "Him or her" or "them" can also be used.
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Aspara Gus "Him" refers to both genders in your sentence.
There are quite a few people, especially femalels who would object to that.
Aspara Gus "Him or her" or "them" can also be used.
'Him or her' or 'him/her' are fine in fairly formal contexts, but sound stuffy to some. 'Them' is becoming increasingly accepted in all but
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fivejedjonThere are quite a few people, especially femalels who would object to that.
That's quite all right with me, but it's not going to stop me from using it.
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