What should i say ?

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Nicolah10

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1.One day, he meets Jamie, a girl who will (?) change his life.
2.One day, he met Jamie,a girl who will change his life.

(I write a review)
 

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1.One day, he meets Jamie, a girl who will (?) change his life.
2.One day, he met Jamie,a girl who will change his life.

(I write a review)

Usually, when reviewing a book or a film, the present tense is used so Sentence 1 works better for me. However, I think I would probably say:

One day, he meets Jamie, a girl who goes on to change his life.
One day, he meets Jamie, a girl who is destined to change his life.
One day, he meets Jamie, a girl who changes his life.
 

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2.One day, he met Jamie,a girl who [STRIKE]will [/STRIKE] would change his life.

***neither a teacher nor a native-speaker***
 

emsr2d2

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By the way, in the UK at least, Jamie is a boy's name (abbreviation of James - well, not really an abbreviation as it has the same number of letters!) There is a female version, which is pronounced exactly the same but is spelt Jaime.
 
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