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Rex Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Won't or wouldn't
She didn't come to school for about two weeks. She told me she was down with influenza.
I told her the following:
I thought doctors and nurses won't get sick.
Is the above correct?
You might write ' I thought doctors and nurses wouldn't get sick'.
[By the way, this person is a nurse.]
I am not sure whether it should be 'won't' or 'wouldn't ' in this context.
Please tell me.
I told her the following:
I thought doctors and nurses won't get sick.
Is the above correct?
You might write ' I thought doctors and nurses wouldn't get sick'.
[By the way, this person is a nurse.]
I am not sure whether it should be 'won't' or 'wouldn't ' in this context.
Please tell me.
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Hi, She didn't come to school for about two weeks. She told me she was down with influenza. I told her the following: I thought doctors and nurses won't get sick.
- Hi, She didn't come to school for about two weeks.
- She told me she was down with influenza.
- I told her the following: I thought doctors and nurses won't get sick.
- Is the above correct?
- You might write ' I thought doctors and nurses wouldn't get sick'.
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Hi,
She didn't come to school for about two weeks. She told me she was down with influenza.
I told her the following:
I thought doctors and nurses won't get sick.
Is the above correct?
You might write ' I thought doctors and nurses wouldn't get sick'.
[By the way, this person is a nurse.]
I am not sure whether it should be 'won't' o
She didn't come to school for about two weeks. She told me she was down with influenza.
I told her the following:
I thought doctors and nurses won't get sick.
Is the above correct?
You might write ' I thought doctors and nurses wouldn't get sick'.
[By the way, this person is a nurse.]
I am not sure whether it should be 'won't' o
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Thanks Clive
However, we say you will get sick.
If I eat stale bread, I will get sick.
Wouldn't you consider the above as a general axiom?
However, we say you will get sick.
If I eat stale bread, I will get sick.
Wouldn't you consider the above as a general axiom?
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Hi,
However, we say you will get sick.
If I eat stale bread, I will get sick.
Wouldn't you consider the above as a general axiom? Yes, true. But it's a different kind than
doctors and nurses don't get sick because it is attached to a condition ('if' clause), so the rules for cond
However, we say you will get sick.
If I eat stale bread, I will get sick.
Wouldn't you consider the above as a general axiom? Yes, true. But it's a different kind than
doctors and nurses don't get sick because it is attached to a condition ('if' clause), so the rules for cond
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Ok, you can get sick. I don't dispute it.
She didn't come to work because she is sick.
Here you wouldn't use the word 'sick'.
It should be ' She didn't come to work because she is ill'.
Why is it incorrect to write the word 'sick' in this context?
She didn't come to work because she is sick.
Here you wouldn't use the word 'sick'.
It should be ' She didn't come to work because she is ill'.
Why is it incorrect to write the word 'sick' in this context?
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Direct speech:
(John thinks: )
"I don't think (that) the doctors in this hospital will catch this disease."
"I don't think (that) the doctors in this hospital will get sick."
Reported speech, in the past:
John didn't think (that) the doctors in this hospital would catch this disease.
John didn't think (that) the doctors in this hospital would get
(John thinks: )
"I don't think (that) the doctors in this hospital will catch this disease."
"I don't think (that) the doctors in this hospital will get sick."
Reported speech, in the past:
John didn't think (that) the doctors in this hospital would catch this disease.
John didn't think (that) the doctors in this hospital would get
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Thanks Marius
If someone at your working place didn't come to work today on account of a disease.
1.He/she is ill.
2.He/she is sick.
I have learnt the second sentence is incorrect. You should use the first one. Am I correct?
If someone at your working place didn't come to work today on account of a disease.
1.He/she is ill.
2.He/she is sick.
I have learnt the second sentence is incorrect. You should use the first one. Am I correct?
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Make a search (top right Search box) here with:
sick ill
and you'll find several threads.
sick ill
and you'll find several threads.
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Thanks Marius
I did what you suggested.
Clive has said it would be fine to say he is ill.
However, it implies a serious illness.
You couldn't go to work on account of cancer or cardiac arrest, it would be fine to use the word 'ill'.
I wonder whether both AmE and BrE would toe the line with Clive.
I did what you suggested.
Clive has said it would be fine to say he is ill.
However, it implies a serious illness.
You couldn't go to work on account of cancer or cardiac arrest, it would be fine to use the word 'ill'.
I wonder whether both AmE and BrE would toe the line with Clive.
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Usage not only differs but can be misleading, for example, British
English uses "sick" for the American "nauseous", whereas "sick" in
American English is comparable to "ill" in British English
http://americannationalcorpus.org/American-English.html
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Usage not only differs but can be misleading, for example, British
English uses "sick" for the American "nauseous", whereas "sick" in
American English is comparable to "ill" in British English
http://americannationalcorpus.org/American-English.html
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