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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Which tense is correct?

Which tense is correct please?

Throwing you phone around, you are risking/you risk breaking it.

Put the jacket on as she is demonstrating/as demonstrated.

Is this sentence correct and natural?
We were supposed to get home in 20 minutes but the gps arrival has been pushed back/is being pushed back due to traffic.

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The participle phrase that starts the sentence doesn't indicate tense (because it isn't a verb in the sentence). Because no tense is indicated, we don't know what tense is better for the clause. you risk breaking it," because you would be expressing what is expected to happen, what would be usual.

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  • The participle phrase that starts the sentence doesn't indicate tense (because it isn't a verb in the sentence).
  • Because no tense is indicated, we don't know what tense is better for the clause.
  • you risk breaking it," because you would be expressing what is expected to happen, what would be usual.
  • If you throw your phone around, you risk breaking it.
  • When you throw your phone around, you risk breaking it.
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The participle phrase that starts the sentence doesn't indicate tense (because it isn't a verb in the sentence). Because no tense is indicated, we don't know what tense is better for the clause. We don't know the circumstances of the activity of "throwing your phone around." If the phone is being thrown around right now, as you are speaking, you should say, "...you are risking breaking it." If you
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