Do these two sentences means same?
Do these two sentences means same?
" Knowing that I hurt you is breaking my heart." and
" If I know I hurt you, it is breaking my heart,"
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Hi! Both questions mean the same but the second is a little wrong.
" Knowing that I hurt you is breaking my heart." = correct.
"If I hurt you, it breaks my heart" - This is a better way of phrasing that sentence.
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"breaking my heart" here is the present progressive. This expresses action occurring right NOW.
1. Knowing that I hurt you is breaking my heart.
= right now I know that I hurt you. Right now my heart is breaking. (correct)
2. If I hurt you, it is breaking my heart
If I hurt you ... = you aren't hurt right now (or you probably aren't hurt) (or you might be hurt, but in the future and not now)
So "I hurt you" (a hypothetical statement) does not match "it is breaking my heart" (something that must be occurring right now).
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