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Could you please help me with two questions?
1) Let us say your wife/husband goes to work and takes the key to your house along with them. Then , when they(can I use they here? they= your wife or husband ) get home, they find you locked out. ..
Could you say something like
"Now, you are always pulling that kind of stunt on me, aren't you?"?
Does it sound odd. What could you say instead??
2) Do you say "at a/this moment" or "In a /this moment"? "At a/this period" or "In a/this period"?
"We couldn't fogert you(or about you??) at/In in this time/moment"?
"At/In this tough time/period, we should stick together"?
Thank you very much!
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Help(please)
Could you please help me with two questions?1) Let us say your wife/husband goes to work and takes the key to your house along with them. Then , when they(can I use they here? they= your wife or husband ) get home, they find you locked out. ..
Could you say something like
"Now, you are always pulling that kind of stunt on me, aren't you?"? This sounds fine if you say it in a joking way. If you are serious, you could say " Why are you always doing this to me?" or " How come you are always taking my keys?"
Does it sound odd. What could you say instead??
2) Do you say "at a/this moment" or "In a /this moment"? "At a/this period" or "In a/this period"?
"We couldn't fogert you(or about you??) at/In in this time/moment"? "We couldn't forget you at this difficult time." or "We couldn't forget you at this time."
"At/In this tough time/period, we should stick together"? At this tough period in time, we should stick together.". Another way is "During this tough time, we need to stick together."
Hope this helps!
Thank you very much!
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You would not say "pulling that kind of stunt". That phrase is used for something intentional and something more dramatic. You might say "You're always locking me out" or "You did it again; you're always taking the keys." You might call them "flighty" or "spacey" as well. (You can say "they" for a gender neutral pronoun in the singular).
(2) "At the/this moment" is more common.."In the moment, in this moment" means something else. "At this period" is more common and "in this period" means something else. It is not used very much in general conversation.
(3) "We couldn't forget you" and "We couldn't forget about you" often mean the same thing. There can be some very slight differences. "We couldn't forget you" is slightly more poetic and dramatic in some situations. Adding "at the moment" is awkward to add to both sentences. "In this tough time, we should stick together" is a bit more natural, but you can also say, "At this time, we should stick together." You probably would not say "At this tough time"...if you need to say "tough", use "In this tough time..."
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