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Alc24 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Which sentence is correct please?

Which of these is correct please? Can you correct the ones that aren't?

I'm scared it would break if I did that.
I would be scared it would break if I did that.

It's too much off hassle to work here.
It's too big a hassle to work here.

It would be faster to carry it out 2 by 2.
It would take less time to carry it out 2 by 2.

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I'm scared it would break if I did that. In this sentence, the use of would twice is unnecessary. Additionally, you want the sentence to be in the present tense, so you use the present form of the verb to be, I am (I'm).

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  • I'm scared it would break if I did that.
  • In this sentence, the use of would twice is unnecessary.
  • Additionally, you want the sentence to be in the present tense, so you use the present form of the verb to be, I am (I'm).
  • "It's too big a hassle to work here" sounds wrong, but you wouldn't use the word off.
  • "It's too much of a hassle to work here" would work.
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I'm scared it would break if I did that. In this sentence, the use of would twice is unnecessary. Additionally, you want the sentence to be in the present tense, so you use the present form of the verb to be, I am (I'm).

"It's too big a hassle to work here" sounds wrong, but you wouldn't use the word off. "It's too much of a hassle to work here" would work.

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