Tenses

[gypsydanger]

Which one is right for the verb:

Is it ok if we talk/ed over the phone?

 

[Raymott]

Which one is right for the verb:

Is it ok if we talk/ed over the phone?

'talk'. If you start with an indicative verb ('is'), you shouldn't finish with a conditional clause.
"Is it OK if we talk over the phone?"
"Will it be OK if we talk over the phone?"
"Would it be OK if we talked over the phone?" (Conditional)

 

[bhaisahab]

Please give your correct location and native language in your profile, gypsydanger.

 

[gypsydanger]

Please give your correct location and native language in your profile, gypsydanger.

Nothing wrong with my info. Why do you think otherwise?

 

[emsr2d2]

Nothing wrong with my info. Why do you think otherwise?

Fairly simple - Aaland is a region of Finland and Afan (Oromo) is a language native to Ethiopia. It is so unlikely that those two go together that we do not consider it likely to be genuine information. The only bit that adds up is that your IP address is indeed based in the USA and your location says you are in the USA. So - are you absolutely sure that you are a native of a small Finnish island whose native language is from Ethiopia?

 

[gypsydanger]

Fairly simple - Aaland is a region of Finland and Afan (Oromo) is a language native to Ethiopia. It is so unlikely that those two go together that we do not consider it likely to be genuine information. The only bit that adds up is that your IP address is indeed based in the USA and your location says you are in the USA. So - are you absolutely sure that you are a native of a small Finnish island whose native language is from Ethiopia?

Was a refugee from Ethiopia and grew up in Aaland.

 

[gypsydanger]

Here's another:

I won't be in town until the day (which?) I need/ed the room.

 

[emsr2d2]

Here's another:

I won't be in town until the day (which?) I need/ed the room.

"I won't be" refers to the future. On that basis, which do you think is more likely - "need" or "needed" bearing in mind the tense of each of those words.

 

[gypsydanger]

needed?

 

[emsr2d2]

needed?

You think that "needed" is the future tense?

 

[Raymott]

Here's another:

I won't be in town until the day (which?) I need/ed the room.

If you look again at my examples, you will see that 'need' is correct. ("If you looked again, you would see that 'need; is correct.")

"I won't be in town until the day I need the room."
More likely - "I won't need the room until the day I am in town" or "I wouldn't need the room until the day I was in town".

 

[gypsydanger]

I wish you can give a straight answer.

 

[bhaisahab]

I wish you can give a straight answer.

We are not here to spoon feed you. Read the responses to your questions and try thinking for yourself.

 

[Raymott]

I wish you could give a straight answer.

What part of my "I won't be in town until the day I need the room" is not a straight answer to your question: "I won't be in town until the day (which?) I need/ed the room."?

 

[gypsydanger]

What part of my "I won't be in town until the day I need the room" is not a straight answer to your question: "I won't be in town until the day (which?) I need/ed the room."?

Yours is fine. it's the other fellow.

 

[gypsydanger]

If you look again at my examples, you will see that 'need' is correct. ("If you looked again, you would see that 'need; is correct.")

"I won't be in town until the day I need the room."
More likely - "I won't need the room until the day I am in town" or "I wouldn't need the room until the day I was in town".

How come people say "If I were you...." and not "If I was you..."?

 

[charliedeut]

So what are you here for? To be a snotty teacher?

We are all volunteers here. We answer when we have some time to do so. And we certainly aren't at all likely to answer people who make comments like that one.

 

[emsr2d2]

As you can see, gypsydanger, your very rude comment has been deleted from this thread. Please bear in mind that we are volunteers, we do this work in our own time and we don't see any point in simply handing the answers out to people. That is not how you will learn. I am closing this thread as you have the answer you were looking for.