My mother got little apprehensive when I reach home late. Is this correct?
S suniljain Senior Member Joined Apr 12, 2015 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Hindi Home Country India Current Location India Jan 23, 2016 #1 My mother got little apprehensive when I reach home late. Is this correct?
teechar Moderator Staff member Joined Feb 18, 2015 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country Iraq Current Location Iraq Jan 23, 2016 #2 suniljain said: My mother got a little apprehensive when I [STRIKE]reach[/STRIKE] got home late. Click to expand... If you want to avoid repeating "got", try: "My mother was a little worried when I got home late."
suniljain said: My mother got a little apprehensive when I [STRIKE]reach[/STRIKE] got home late. Click to expand... If you want to avoid repeating "got", try: "My mother was a little worried when I got home late."
S suniljain Senior Member Joined Apr 12, 2015 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Hindi Home Country India Current Location India Jan 23, 2016 #3 teechar said: If you want to avoid repeating "got", try: "My mother was a little worried when I got home late." Click to expand... Why is "reach" not correct?
teechar said: If you want to avoid repeating "got", try: "My mother was a little worried when I got home late." Click to expand... Why is "reach" not correct?
MikeNewYork VIP Member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Member Type Academic Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jan 23, 2016 #4 It is not incorrect but "got" is more common.
S suniljain Senior Member Joined Apr 12, 2015 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Hindi Home Country India Current Location India Jan 23, 2016 #5 MikeNewYork said: It is not incorrect but "got" is more common. Click to expand... "got" is a past participle whereas "reach" is base form of verb then how both are same and convey the same meaning?
MikeNewYork said: It is not incorrect but "got" is more common. Click to expand... "got" is a past participle whereas "reach" is base form of verb then how both are same and convey the same meaning?
MikeNewYork VIP Member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Member Type Academic Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jan 23, 2016 #6 For your original sentence to be correct, you would have needed "reached".