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#1 (permalink) Thu Aug 09, 2007 17:16 pm Is it right?

I was expecting the bike today. or I was expecting to have the bike today. Which is the right sentence? Thanks in advance. loku

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#2 (permalink) Thu Aug 09, 2007 17:40 pm Is it right?

Hi,

There is perhaps a slight difference between the two:

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I was expecting the bike today.

This suggests to me that you had ordered the bike in a shop and it was supposed to arrive today.

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I was expecting to have the bike today.

This suggests to me that you thought you would have the use of the bike today - to be in possession of it.

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#3 (permalink) Thu Aug 09, 2007 18:39 pm Is it right?

thanks man that clears things up.

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