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    Default What should i say ?

    1.One day, he meets Jamie, a girl who will (?) change his life.
    2.One day, he met Jamie,a girl who will change his life.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nicolah10 View Post
    1.One day, he meets Jamie, a girl who will (?) change his life.
    2.One day, he met Jamie,a girl who will change his life.

    (I write a review)
    Usually, when reviewing a book or a film, the present tense is used so Sentence 1 works better for me. However, I think I would probably say:

    One day, he meets Jamie, a girl who goes on to change his life.
    One day, he meets Jamie, a girl who is destined to change his life.
    One day, he meets Jamie, a girl who changes his life.
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    Default Re: What should i say ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Nicolah10 View Post
    2.One day, he met Jamie,a girl who will would change his life.
    ***neither a teacher nor a native-speaker***

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    Default Re: What should i say ?

    By the way, in the UK at least, Jamie is a boy's name (abbreviation of James - well, not really an abbreviation as it has the same number of letters!) There is a female version, which is pronounced exactly the same but is spelt Jaime.
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