1.It was on January 31st when he came here last time.
for second sentence I'm not sure but I think it's better to use "whether" instead of "should".
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#1 29-Jul-2013, 15:34It was on January the thirty first when/that he came here last time.
Which is correct?
1.It was on January the thirty first (when/that) he came here last time.
2.It's hard for me to decide should I go to play or bed.
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#2 29-Jul-2013, 15:39Re: It was on January the thirty first when/that he came here last time.
Last edited by EnglishLearner1990; 29-Jul-2013 at 17:22.
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#3 29-Jul-2013, 17:18Re: It was on January the thirty first when/that he came here last time.
31th?
It's "31st", isn't it?
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#4 29-Jul-2013, 17:24Re: It was on January the thirty first when/that he came here last time.
Yes, I had edited it before.
Originally Posted by tzfujimino
31th?
It's "31st", isn't it?
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#5 29-Jul-2013, 19:02Re: It was on January the thirty first when/that he came here last time.
"That" is also correct. In formal writing, "that" is more appropriate than "when". Originally Posted by EnglishLearner1990
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#6 29-Jul-2013, 20:27Re: It was on January the thirty first when/that he came here last time.
#1 is not natural. We would say "He last came here on January (the) 31st" or "January (the) 31st was the last time he came here". Originally Posted by Hiya Raymond
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#7 29-Jul-2013, 20:47Re: It was on January the thirty first when/that he came here last time.
For the second sentence I would say:
It's hard for me to decide whether I should play or go to bed.
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#8 30-Jul-2013, 04:53Re: It was on January the thirty first when/that he came here last time.
1.It was on January 31st that he came here last time.
2.It was January 31st when he came here last time.
3.It was January 31st that he came here last time.
4.It was on January 31st when he came here last time.
I think 1 is a cleft sentence,and the first two sentences are correct,the last two are not grammatical.
Is that right? Thanks!
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#9 30-Jul-2013, 10:21Re: It was on January the thirty first when/that he came here last time.
You have posted these four sentences as the first part of a new thread. Please see that thread for responses and try not to duplicate posts in future. It can be very confusing. Originally Posted by Hiya Raymond
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
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