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Future in the past *Future perfect* How do these two sentences sound to you? Which one would you personally prefer? (In which context?) 1. In a week it'll be half a year since the last time we saw each other. 2. We won't have seen each other for half a year in a week. How about these two? 1. This Friday we will have been working for three weeks on the new project. 2. It'll be three weeks this Friday since our team has been working on the new project. If you're curious, I'm looking for the most natural translation of these: 1. "Через неделю будет уже полгода, как мы встречались в последний раз, как мне кажется". 2. "В пятницу будет уже три недели, как наша команда работает над новым проектом".
December 15, 2016
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Present Continuous What are the right ways to express this idea: 1. There are still a lot of difficulties that I deal with while I speak. 2. There are still a lot of difficulties that I am dealing with while I speak. 3. I still deal with a lot of difficulties while I speak. 4. I am still dealing with a lot of difficulties while I speak. (I intended to describe two regular actions.) If continuous is possible, could you refer me to the grammar rule that explains that? Thanks in advance!
August 16, 2016
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CAE Grammar Hey italki community! I have a couple of questions regarding CAE grammar test questions. 1. I ... that Dave’s put his house up for sale. A ’m seeing B see C ’ve been seeing Is it possible to use A when you're actually looking at Dave's ad? 2. The peace talks ... today, but last weekend the meeting was postponed indefinitely. A were to start B are starting C were to have started Can I use "were to start" if they would have started later in the day? Thank you in advance!
August 14, 2016
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Those ungodly prepositions * Those ungodly articles Hi everyone! ​I was watching this lecture about programming and got confused with the way the teacher uses articles. Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDPbLvMHR6o Here are some extracts that caused confusion in me (can I use "in me" there?): (1:58) stands for THE varying value            THE unchanging value, THE two times in this case            and each time THE parameter will take on THE changing value            and then THE function can be used Is "the" really necessary there? Why not use "a" or omit articles altogether? Thanks a lot in advance!
July 27, 2016
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