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Subash2008 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Would

Could you please check the below sentence.

If I do it for him I would be much appreciated by him. Is this sentence correct?
If 'by him' is removed, what would be the meaning of this sentence? Please compare the difference.

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Subash S
  

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subash2008 If I do it for him I would be much appreciated by him. Is this sentence correct? No.

— Mister Micawber

  • subash2008 If I do it for him I would be much appreciated by him.
  • Is this sentence correct?
  • No.
  • Don't use passive here.
  • These are your reasonable options: If I do it for him, he will appreciate it.
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subash2008If I do it for him I would be much appreciated by him. Is this sentence correct?
No. Don't use passive here. These are your reasonable options:

If I do it for him, he will appreciate it.
If I did it for him, he would appreciate it.
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If I do it for him, I will be much appreciated by him.
This is The first conditional sentence so use "will".
This structure is used for talking about possibilities in the present or in the future.
By the way, "I will be much appreciated by him" is passive form, we can use active form e.g. "He will appreciate me".
If you want to use "I
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Miranda, you have no doubt studied considerable English grammar, but I do not think that your understanding of the language is up to teacher level yet. Passive voice is a common excercise for learners, but it is not appropriate here, as I have already indicated.
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I think so.
Passive sentence is inappropriate for conditional sentence.
Thank you for you mention.
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Did you mean my understanding of the language is not up to the teacher level yet?
If so, I think "but I do not think that your understanding of the language is up to teacher level yet" is incorrected.
It should be "but I think that your understanding of the language is not up to teacher level yet" or "but
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Miranda TikDid you mean my understanding of the language is not up to the teacher level yet?
Yes.
Miranda TikIf so, I think "but I do not think that your understanding of the language is up to teacher level yet" is incorrected.
No, it is quite correct.
Miranda TikIt should be "but I think that your un
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"but I do not think that your understanding of the language is up to teacher level yet" I understand that you meant but in my opinion, although it's accepted by native speaker, it's grammatically incorrected.
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Miranda Tik I understand what you meant, but in my opinion, although it's accepted by native speakers, it's grammatically incorrect.
No, you have it backward: 'correctness' is determined by
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