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tense Are these equally OK? Or is one better than the other? If so, which is it and why is it better?
・In your life, you experience many things including something you didn't expect.
・In your life, you experience many things including something you don't expect.
- 05-Nov-2011, 07:24 #2
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Teacher Re: tense Now they are both OK.
Originally Posted by Taka 
- 05-Nov-2011, 16:09 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: tense Why does 'something' sound wrong here?
And if they both sound OK with 'some things', is there any semantic difference between them? No difference whatsoever?
- 05-Nov-2011, 16:37 #4
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Teacher Re: tense 'Something' suggests just one thing.
- 05-Nov-2011, 17:02 #5
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: tense OK.
And what about this question?
Originally Posted by Taka
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