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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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What's the difference between these 2 sentences?
"That would be all for today"
"That is all for today"
What is the difference between the two sentences? When is more correct to use them? Or is there no difference? Is the first one a more formal and polite way to say the same thing?
"That is all for today"
What is the difference between the two sentences? When is more correct to use them? Or is there no difference? Is the first one a more formal and polite way to say the same thing?
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Hi, "That would be all for today" I don't find this very idiomatic. I'd word it as 'That will be all for today'. "That is all for today" What is the difference between the two sentences?
- Hi, "That would be all for today" I don't find this very idiomatic.
- I'd word it as 'That will be all for today'.
- "That is all for today" What is the difference between the two sentences?
- Usually, no difference is intended.
- When is more correct to use them?
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Hi,
"That would be all for today" I don't find this very idiomatic. I'd word it as 'That will be all for today'.
"That is all for today"
What is the difference between the two sentences? Usually, no difference is intended.
When is more correct
"That would be all for today" I don't find this very idiomatic. I'd word it as 'That will be all for today'.
"That is all for today"
What is the difference between the two sentences? Usually, no difference is intended.
When is more correct
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I'm not a native speaker of english and I was having this argument with a friend (who is also not a native speaker of english) and he said they are the same, but "that would be all for today" is the correct and more polite way. He uses this sentence to students every time he finishes his classes. He says that english people say this and it is correct, because an english friend of his told him so,
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