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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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I want to say that we will probably be asked the same questions you were asked last year but for these new papers we are assigned to read. So basically the papers are different. How can I say that in an easier way.
For example: they will use the same questions 'for or on' these new papers. Would that be correct? Is 'for or on' the right word in that sentence?
For example: they will use the same questions 'for or on' these new papers. Would that be correct? Is 'for or on' the right word in that sentence?
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" However, it would be simplier to say something like: Although we will be discussing new essays, they will ask the same questions as last year.
- " However, it would be simplier to say something like: Although we will be discussing new essays, they will ask the same questions as last year.
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I would say "the same questions for these new papers." However, it would be simplier to say something like:
Although we will be discussing new essays, they will ask the same questions as last year.
Although we will be discussing new essays, they will ask the same questions as last year.
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Thanks. And does that mean, they will ask us last year's qurstions?
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Would you also tell me if these sentences would be correct: Although we are given different papers to discuss, I think they will ask the same questions as last year.
Also, what is the difference if I said: Although we have been given ......
Also, what is the difference if I said: Although we have been given ......
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I would put this either in the past have been given (we got the papers yesterday)
Or in the future will be given (we will receive the papers tomorrow). I would not say "are given."
So, pick one of these verb forms depending on what is true.
Although we have been given/will be given different papers to discuss, I think they will ask the same questions as last
Or in the future will be given (we will receive the papers tomorrow). I would not say "are given."
So, pick one of these verb forms depending on what is true.
Although we have been given/will be given different papers to discuss, I think they will ask the same questions as last
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Thank you very much.
What about if I said: Although we were given different papers to discuss ...... Would that work?
Also, what is " we are given papers" considered? Isn't it in the recent past as well?
What about if I said: Although we were given different papers to discuss ...... Would that work?
Also, what is " we are given papers" considered? Isn't it in the recent past as well?
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No, this is not recent past. It is present tense, passive voice. Sometimes it is used for narrative (about a past event told in the present).
For example:
We are told to march along the road. Then we are loaded into a truck.
Note that this is the extreme version of passive voice--you do not know who tells us or who loads us.
If you added an actor, however, it would still be pas
For example:
We are told to march along the road. Then we are loaded into a truck.
Note that this is the extreme version of passive voice--you do not know who tells us or who loads us.
If you added an actor, however, it would still be pas
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Thanks. So the action is being done in the present, as in we were told before but we are acting on it know. Right?How about the use of 'we were given'. This is simple past, I think. Right? Although We were given the papers yesterday.....Would that work? Is conveys the same message as the present perfect (have been given) in this case, I think?
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