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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Would

When I was in high school, my mom would get pissed off at me after I had gone to my friend's house without letting her know.

I am try to use would as past habitual. Any correction is needed?
  

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Anonymous I am try ing to use would as past habitual. Is any correction is needed? No.

  • Anonymous I am try ing to use would as past habitual.
  • Is any correction is needed?
  • No.
  • Not about 'would'.
  • To make it a little better and also avoid the slang, you might write When I was in high school, my mom would (= used to) get angry with me when I went to my friend's house without letting her know.
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AnonymousI am trying to use would as past habitual. Is any correction is needed?
No. Not about 'would'. To make it a little better and also avoid the slang, you might write

When I was in high school, my mom would (= used to) get angry with me when I
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AnonymousI am trying to use would as past habitual. Is any correction is needed?
Not in your sentence, but note my corrections to your question.

I would use '****** off' only in informal speech and writing, It is a BrE expression. I believe that, in the meaning of 'annoyed', AmE drops the 'off' On the other han
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CalifJim AnonymousI am trying to use would as past habitual. Any correction is needed?No. Not about 'would'. To make it a little better and also avoid the slang, you might writeWhen I was in high school, my mom would (= used to) get angry with me when I went to my friend's house without letting her know.It's past habitual.CJ
Could you please show me an example
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Do you mean like this?

After dinner we would always watch TV.

CJ
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fivejedjonI believe that, in the meaning of 'annoyed', AmE drops the 'off'
Actually, no. In AmE "******" = "****** off". We treat "off" as an optional element even though we use it quite a bit. In either case it's usually stronger than 'annoyed'. It can be to the point of 'fuming with anger'.

Let me venture a guess. In BrE "******" without "off"
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fivejedjonAnonymousI am trying to use would as past habitual. Is any correction is needed? Not in your sentence, but note my corrections to your question.
Shouldn't it be, 'Is any correction needed?'?
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CalifJimLet me venture a guess. In BrE "******" without "off" means "drunk".
Yes. thpugh I hear it these days in the AmE sense.
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AnonymousShouldn't it be, 'Is any correction needed?'?
Yes. I had omitted to strike out the incorrect 'is'. I had corrected it before your post appeared. I shall delete your post and this one in a couple of hours so that they don't disrupt this thread. I am leaving them for the moment so that you can see that you did indeed spot a slip of mine.

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