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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".
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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!
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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!
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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!
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