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| "Until she is 25 years old" makes more sense. |
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:19 pm tense |
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| Molly wrote: |
| "Until she is 25 years old" makes more sense. |
Are you sure that "makes more sense" in every single version of English on earth, Molly? :wink:
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Hi Nessie
I would choose only option (b). Option (a) sounds strange to my ear.
For the sense that you seem to like with the present perfect in option (a), I'd suggest this wording instead, for example:
- My daughter often says that she won't get married until she is older than 25.
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Jun 02, 2008 16:29 pm Tenses (My daughter often says that she won't get married until she ... 25 years) |
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| Are you sure that "makes more sense" in every single version of English on earth, Molly? |
No, it doesn't make more sense in the version of English that is spoken by the uncontacted Indian tribe found in Brazil recently :lol:
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Jun 02, 2008 16:57 pm Tenses (My daughter often says that she won't get married until she ... 25 years) |
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I wonder whether anyone here will be brazen enough to categorize option (a) as unacceptable. :wink:
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| #6 (permalink) Mon Jun 02, 2008 17:12 pm Tenses (My daughter often says that she won't get married until she ... 25 years) |
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| Are you sure that "makes more sense" in every single version of English on earth, Molly? |
Now, Amy, don't test yourself beyond your version. You know how that taxes you. |
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| #7 (permalink) Mon Jun 02, 2008 17:17 pm Tenses (My daughter often says that she won't get married until she ... 25 years) |
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I wonder whether anyone here will be brazen enough to categorize option (a) as unacceptable. :wink: |
Is it? |
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