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Photon Posted 4 years ago
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You might want to sit tight a few months and see what happens to the stock market.
You might want to sit tight a few months and see what happens to the stock market.
[Longman Advanced American Dictionary]
Question: Is it possible to replace happens with "will happen"?
I don't know why the present verb happens is possible in the sentence.
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Photon Is it possible to replace happens with "will happen"? Yes, but it's less idiomatic that way. Photon I don't know why the present verb happens is possible in the sentence.
- Photon Is it possible to replace happens with "will happen"?
- Yes, but it's less idiomatic that way.
- Photon I don't know why the present verb happens is possible in the sentence.
- Sometimes the present tense is used to indicate future time.
- That's very common with the expression "see what happens" or "see what happens next".
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PhotonIs it possible to replace happens with "will happen"?
Yes, but it's less idiomatic that way.
PhotonI don't know why the present verb happens is possible in the sentence.
Sometimes the present tense is used to indicate future time.
That's very common with the expression "see what happens" or "see what ha
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