When will be the last day
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Xinfu
April 08, 2014, 09:32 AM
My sentence:
-When will be the last day I will see/will be seeing/am seeing/see you?
Which tense can be used and which wrong?
I am not sure, because it does not sound right to have many WILLs in one single sentence, and my teacher told me this is wrong:
-He would follow me wherever I would go.
Because we can't have two WOULDs, do you agree?
Rusty
April 08, 2014, 03:39 PM
I disagree. You can use more than one 'will' and more than one 'would' in a sentence.
When will be the last day I'll see you?
When will be the last day I'll be seeing you?
When will be the last day I see you?
All good. Note the contractions.
When will be the last day I'm seeing you?
A bit awkward, but good. Note the contraction.
He would follow me wherever I would go.
Perfect. And you can use contractions.
He'd follow me wherever I'd go.
Xinfu
April 08, 2014, 11:17 PM
Thank you~ But I know that in English, grammar might change because of negativity or interrogation. Does your answer mean the following, which is the question type, is possible?
-Would you follow me wherever I would go/went?
poli
April 09, 2014, 06:30 AM
Thank you~ But I know that in English, grammar might change because of negativity or interrogation. Does your answer mean the following, which is the question type, is possible?
-Would you follow me wherever I would go/went?
Would you follow me wherever I go would be the way I would say it. However, would you follow me wherever I would go is certainly grammatically correct. The use of went, in this case is bad English.
Rusty
April 09, 2014, 08:18 PM
Also possible:
Would you follow me wherever I (might/may) go?
Xinfu
April 09, 2014, 11:32 PM
Thank you~
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