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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Would

I am sure they are not going to say thank you when they receive the things they buy because they would think they are paying for the things.

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Anonymous I am sure they are not going to wouldn't say thank you when they receive the things they buy because they would think they are paying for the things. I would use 'would' in both of those clauses. they wouldn't ...

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous I am sure they are not going to wouldn't say thank you when they receive the things they buy because they would think they are paying for the things.
  • I would use 'would' in both of those clauses.
  • they wouldn't ...
  • because they would ...
  • And once you do that, the other verbs should be in the past tense, thus: I am sure they wouldn't say "thank you" when they received the things they bought because they would think they were paying for the things.
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AnonymousI am sure they are not going to wouldn't say thank you when they receive the things they buy because they would think they are paying for the things.
I would use 'would' in both of those clauses. ... they wouldn't ... because they would ....

And once you do that, the other verbs sh
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CalifJim AnonymousI am sure they are not going to wouldn't say thank you when they receive the things they buy because they would think they are paying for the things.I would use 'would' in both of those clauses. ... they wouldn't ... because they would ....And once you do that, the other verbs should be in the past tense, thus:I am sure they wouldn't say "thank you" when
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Anonymouscan we still use present tense there
Yes. You can just leave the sentence as you wrote it if you want to be much more casual in style.


CJ
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You mean to say my original sentence is grammatically incorrect but it works for casual talks? the reason I am asking is I have never seen the people using past tense in such sentence with the situation.
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AnonymousYou mean to say my original sentence is grammatically incorrect but it works for casual talks?
The sentence is not really incorrect. It's understandable, but it's not very idiomatic. It is acceptable in casual speech, but I gave you some suggestions for improving it if you wish to do that.
AnonymousI have never seen the peopl
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I got one more question, Sir. So, whats the difference in meaniNg between your corrected sentence and this sentence?

I am sure they will not say thank you when they receive the things they buy because they think they pay for them.

whats the difference in meaning? or you simply want to say this sentence is real and your sentence is hypothetica?
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AnonymousI've got one more question, Sir. So, what's the difference in meaning between your corrected sentence and this sentence? I am sure they will not say "thank you" when they receive the th
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