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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
WHEN followed by ????
Is WHEN necessarily followed by either the simple tense or the continuous or both?
Are the players this creative when they are playing with better players than them/when they play with player better than them. (better player or player better??)
A player like him makes some nice plays even when he is playing/he plays against better player than himself.
Which do you say?
She has a lot of sympathy for him/felt a lot of sympathy for him.
She has a lot of empathy with kids/She felt empathy with kids.
How would you say this?
Compared to the pain the doctors said I'd suffer, the pain was bearable.
Thank you
Are the players this creative when they are playing with better players than them/when they play with player better than them. (better player or player better??)
A player like him makes some nice plays even when he is playing/he plays against better player than himself.
Which do you say?
She has a lot of sympathy for him/felt a lot of sympathy for him.
She has a lot of empathy with kids/She felt empathy with kids.
How would you say this?
Compared to the pain the doctors said I'd suffer, the pain was bearable.
Thank you
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Is WHEN necessarily followed by either the simple tense or the continuous or both? No. When I have finished this, we can go shopping.
- Is WHEN necessarily followed by either the simple tense or the continuous or both?
- No.
- When I have finished this, we can go shopping.
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Is WHEN necessarily followed by either the simple tense or the continuous or both?
No.
When I have finished this, we can go shopping.
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alc24Is WHEN necessarily followed by either the simple tense or the continuous or both?No. Either is OK. Neverthless, I think I prefer the simple form in most cases.
alc24Which do you say?
She has a lot of sympathy for him/felt a lot of sympathy for him.
She has a lot of empathy with kids/She felt empathy with kids.
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Hello CJ,
How are you?
I had one question, above you said you prefered the siple tense after WHEN.
Could you tell me what you would use in the following?
How are you?
I had one question, above you said you prefered the siple tense after WHEN.
Could you tell me what you would use in the following?
When she’s feeling down/When she feels down she going to call you.
Every time she feels/is feeling down she’s going to call you .
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alc24Here's a few versions that I might use. Note that with "feel down" I'm more or less indifferent to whether it's simple or progressive after when.
When she’s feeling down/When she feels down she going to call you.
Every time she feels/is feeling down she’s going to call you .
Does s
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Thank you CJ for the explanation.
I just had one question:
Is this alright?
She is going to call you when she feels down.
and do you use the continuous after this WHEN?
- Right wen my life is getting back on track, I find out I'm sick.
Thank you
I just had one question:
Is this alright?
She is going to call you when she feels down.
and do you use the continuous after this WHEN?
- Right wen my life is getting back on track, I find out I'm sick.
Thank you
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Thank you CJ for the explanation.
I just had one question:
Is this alright?
She is going to call you when she feels down.
and do you use the continuous after this WHEN?
- Right wen my life is getting back on track, I find out I'm sick.
Thank you
I just had one question:
Is this alright?
She is going to call you when she feels down.
and do you use the continuous after this WHEN?
- Right wen my life is getting back on track, I find out I'm sick.
Thank you
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alc24Is this alright? (all right)It's grammatically correct. Still, I think these are more idiomatic: She'll call you if she's feeling down. She'll call you if she feels down.
She is going to call you when she feels down.
alc24and do you use the continuous after this WHE
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