Hello everyone! Could you please check the grammar in the sentence:
Your answer will be looking better if you'll do it in a PC.
(PC - personal computer)
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Your answer would look better if it was typed. :)
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Your answer would look better if it was typed.
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Also, Hesam Shayegan says, "if you write it using your PC". This is grammatically correct.
However, it can also sound like you are holding the PC like a pencil, and using the PC to write on your paper. It sounds like this because of the verb "write". However, if you say "type," then the person automatically knows that he has to use a PC/iPad/iPhone/electronic device.... That's why Mike and Jazz answered, "Your answer would look better if it were TYPED."
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Hello. I agree with Mike and Jazz. I'll also add notes to why you need to change your sentence. ^
1. "...will BE + (adjective), if you + (verb)..."
-----"Your answer will BE BETTER, if you do it on a PC."
-----["Will" is a "modal verb"]. Since you've already used it in "Your answer WILL...", then you do not need to say it, again. So, don't say, "Your answer WILL......, if you WILL..."
-----You need to say "ON a PC", because if you say "IN a PC," then it sounds like you are INSIDE the computer. Think of your hands ON the keyboard. You're hands are NOT INSIDE the keyboard typing.
2. "...will LOOK + (adjective), if you + (verb)..."
-----"Your answer WILL LOOK BETTER, if you do it on a PC."
**I'd also recommend you research "Future Continuous Tense" for more examples and explanation. Your sentence sounds like a "future continuous tense", but it's not.
-----In English, "would" sounds more polite than "will". Also, in your sentence, if you say "would", then it sounds more like a polite suggestion. If you say "will", then it sounds slightly rude......You are 100% sure that you are correct, and his answer doesn't look good if it's not typed.
-----If you use "would" in this sentence, then you have to use a "past-tense verb".
Here're examples that you could write it:
1. Your answer WOULD LOOK better if you DID it on a PC.
2. **((Your answer WOULD BE better if you CHANGED this/that...))-->slightly different meaning though
3. Your answer WOULD LOOK better if you TYPED it ON a PC.
4. Your answer WOULD LOOK better if you TYPED it.
I know English can be hard, and even native English-speakers struggle sometimes. However, I hope this helps you a bit. :)
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Hello Hesam Shayegan!
Thank you so much for your help!
Have a nice day!
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