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Old 30-Mar-2005, 01:45
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Default Re: correct a sentence

1) a) Since I live (or Since I am ?) in NY I have been used to noise and pollution.

You could say :
Since (=because) I live in NY, I am used to noise and pollution.
Since I moved to NY, I have got used to n oise and pollution.

b) I have long been used to living alone.


2)a) When will you tell me about what I will have to do?


b) I wonder when he will finish school.


c) As long as you let me know when you WILL ARRIVE, I will come and meet you at the station. (Though you could use the progressive form)



3) a) She is having a baby. (immediate future)
b) She is going to have a baby. (less immediate ?)


4) If I am as clever as you think, I should have been rich by now. (correct ?) The structure is correct, but this one sounds a bit weird:
If he's a clever as you think, he should have been able to do that. (This sounds better to me)

Would you have other examples of a mixed conditional type 1 + type 3 ? That's basically it.



5) a) If my father were not paying / didn’t pay my fees, I wouldn’t be studying here.

b) If my father had not paid my fees, I wouldn’t be studying here.





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