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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Will that might save you
Hi,
I'm writing a song and these are two lines i jotted down:
A classy look to the opposite direction
will that just might save you from jumping on board?
and I wonder if the second sentence is correct? What I mean is to ask a rhetorical question, if the girl that looked in the other direction thinks that this action will prevent her from falling to the guy's charm ("jumping on board").
Thanks!
Shay
I'm writing a song and these are two lines i jotted down:
A classy look to the opposite direction
will that just might save you from jumping on board?
and I wonder if the second sentence is correct? What I mean is to ask a rhetorical question, if the girl that looked in the other direction thinks that this action will prevent her from falling to the guy's charm ("jumping on board").
Thanks!
Shay
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Anonymous A classy look to the opposite direction — will that just might save you from jumping on board? You have two modal verbs ( will, might) in the same clause. That's not allowed in English.
- Anonymous A classy look to the opposite direction — will that just might save you from jumping on board?
- You have two modal verbs ( will, might) in the same clause.
- That's not allowed in English.
- Anyway, 'might' already has a future sense, so you don't even need 'will'.
- If you change 'will' to 'well' (a pause word), you change the line from a question to a statement.
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AnonymousA classy look to the opposite direction — will that just might save you from jumping on board?You have two modal verbs (will, might) in the same clause. That's not allowed in English. Anyway, 'might' already has a future sense, so you don't even need 'will'.
If you change 'will' to 'well' (a pause word), you change the
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