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#2 (permalink) Thu Mar 12, 2009 16:57 pm Sentence: Everyone has expected that it would have approved with the last... |
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Everyone expected that it would get approved with the last month salary but it is not approved yet. _________________ First lesson - English, not english. I, not i. ~A student of English |
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Gray I'm here quite often ;-)

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#3 (permalink) Thu Mar 12, 2009 17:01 pm Sentence: Everyone has expected that it would have approved with the last... |
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Everyone had expected that it would be approved along with the last month salary, but it was not approved at that time. _________________ con·text - The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning. |
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Milanya I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Thu Mar 12, 2009 18:09 pm Sentence: Everyone has expected that it would have approved with the last... |
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Okay, but how to convey that it is not approved yet? _________________ First lesson - English, not english. I, not i. ~A student of English |
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Gray I'm here quite often ;-)

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#5 (permalink) Thu Mar 12, 2009 18:12 pm Sentence: Everyone has expected that it would have approved with the last... |
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It has not been approved yet. _________________ con·text - The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning. |
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Milanya I'm here quite often ;-)
Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 923 Location: Texas, USA (at present)
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#6 (permalink) Thu Mar 12, 2009 18:14 pm Sentence: Everyone has expected that it would have approved with the last... |
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And how to combine it with the original sentence? _________________ First lesson - English, not english. I, not i. ~A student of English |
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Gray I'm here quite often ;-)

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#7 (permalink) Thu Mar 12, 2009 18:19 pm Sentence: Everyone has expected that it would have approved with the last... |
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Everyone had expected that it would be approved along with the last month salary, but it was not approved at that time. It has not been approved yet. _________________ con·text - The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning. |
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Milanya I'm here quite often ;-)
Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 923 Location: Texas, USA (at present)
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#8 (permalink) Thu Mar 12, 2009 18:22 pm Sentence: Everyone has expected that it would have approved with the last... |
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You mean we cannot combine the parts having different tense? Actually, my mother tongue allows that. I tend to derive a lot from it and end up in a mess :) _________________ First lesson - English, not english. I, not i. ~A student of English |
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Gray I'm here quite often ;-)

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