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Steves5a Posted 21 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Which one of these are correct
The receptionist, who was away last week
The receptionist returning to work today
The receptionist returns today.
The receptionist, who was away last week and returns to work.
which is correct and what type of sentence is it
The receptionist returning to work today
The receptionist returns today.
The receptionist, who was away last week and returns to work.
which is correct and what type of sentence is it
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The receptionist returns today. Only the above is a complete sentence. All the others are either incomplete or grammatically incorrect sentences.
- The receptionist returns today.
- Only the above is a complete sentence.
- All the others are either incomplete or grammatically incorrect sentences.
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Only the above is a complete sentence. All the others are either incomplete or grammatically incorrect sentences.
The receptionist returns today.
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Hello Steves5A
I'm sorry but I have to say that "The receptionist returns today" sounds odd to me.
The intransitive "return" is a momentary dynamic verb. We cannot use this kind of verb in a simple present tense except in the case you want to state a habitual event. (EX) "He returns at 7:00 every evening".
In your case, the event of the receptionist's returning is not
I'm sorry but I have to say that "The receptionist returns today" sounds odd to me.
The intransitive "return" is a momentary dynamic verb. We cannot use this kind of verb in a simple present tense except in the case you want to state a habitual event. (EX) "He returns at 7:00 every evening".
In your case, the event of the receptionist's returning is not
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Paco2004...... If the event is to happen in future, "she will returned today" is also possible.what is this Paco ? it must be typo .
paco
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Oops! Yes, you are right! It's indeed a typo. It should be "He/She will return today". Thanks for pointing out the error.
paco
paco
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I'm unaware, Paco, of the rule, but 'returns today, tomorrow, on Thursday, next week, next year, in the year 2033, etc...' , (meaning 'comes back'), is very common around here--much favored over 'will return'.
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And , by the way, Steves5a, your subject-heading should read: 'Which one of these is correct'.
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'Returns today, tomorrow, on Thursday, next week, next year, in the year 2033, etc...' , (meaning 'comes back'), is very common around here--much favored over 'will return'.
Really? Humm... Is it a present tense for a definitely scheduled future?
paco
Really? Humm... Is it a present tense for a definitely scheduled future?
paco
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If that is a category, Paco, you would be the one to know, I'm sure; but if it's not, you should invent it...or we should learn to talk correct English.
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