BrunaBC
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- May 18, 2012
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- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Portuguese
- Home Country
- Brazil
- Current Location
- Brazil
Hello,
According to my understanding, after a sentence using the future in the past, it is necessary a connective of contrast, such as "but", like in the example below:
- He was going to travel to Canada, but he changed his mind and ended up going to Australia.
One of my students asked me if the cennective "so" could be used instead of "but". I said no because "so" does not introduce an idea of contrast. However she was not convinced because in our mother language (portuguese) it would be possible.
Am I right?
Thank you.
According to my understanding, after a sentence using the future in the past, it is necessary a connective of contrast, such as "but", like in the example below:
- He was going to travel to Canada, but he changed his mind and ended up going to Australia.
One of my students asked me if the cennective "so" could be used instead of "but". I said no because "so" does not introduce an idea of contrast. However she was not convinced because in our mother language (portuguese) it would be possible.
Am I right?
Thank you.