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    Is this sentence correct?
    "The 1 you are, is way more important than the 1 you used to be or you might gonna be."

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    Default Re: Is this correct?

    Quote Originally Posted by Cut!e P!e View Post
    Hi
    Is this sentence correct?
    "The 1 you are, is way more important than the 1 you used to be or you might gonna be."
    It might be acceptable in a very informal message between friends, but not in more formal situations.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cut!e P!e View Post
    Hi
    Is this sentence correct?
    "The 1 you are, is way more important than the 1 you used to be or you might gonna be."

    Thanks
    Using a 1 to be "one" and writing "gonna" is not correct in anything more formal than a text message.

    The double modal (like "might going to") is common in spoken language in the American South and (I'm told) a few other places, but not really suitable for this.

    Who you are now is more important to me than who you were or who you might one day be.
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    I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.

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