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Ask for help > Help me please!
Help me please!
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Elishor
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Help me please!
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I have a problem with an exercise and I really can �t find a solution! so, if you pleae help me, I ould apreciate it a lot!
I have these sentences and one word is missing. i JUST DON �T KNOW WHICH WORD IS MISING.
1. iF YOU JUST BE PATIENT, I �m sure the doctor will se you soon.
2. If you happen to see Mr Parkerbefore i do, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY WE WERE LATE.
3. YOU TO GO THROUGH WITH LEGAL ACTION, it could become very expensive.
Thank you very much !
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3 Feb 2010
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Pelletrine
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I �m not sure either, but: I would try this:
1. If you would/could just be patient, I �m sure the doctor will see you soon.
2. If you happen to see Mr Parker (before) I do, can you, please, explain why we are late?
3. If you have to go through with legal action, it could become very expensive.
But, maybe something is missing?
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3 Feb 2010
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zoemorosini
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They look like conditionals to me.
1. If you can just be patient, I �m sure the doctor will see you soon.
2. If you happen to see Mr. Parker before I do, can you please explain (to him) why we were late? (question mark required)
3. If you go through legal action, it could become very expensive.
Good luck!
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3 Feb 2010
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lshorton99
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If it �s definitely only one word missing, I �d suggest the following:
1. If you would/could just be patient, I �m sure the doctor will see you soon.
2. If you should happen to see Mr Parker before I
do, can you explain why we were late.
3. Were you to go through with legal action, it could become very expensive.
Hope this helps!
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4 Feb 2010
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yanogator
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I agree with Ishorton99.
On #1, "will" is also possible.
Also, #2 definitely must have a question mark, since it is a question.
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4 Feb 2010
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minimal70
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they seem to be conditionals, as zoemorosini has suggested, but to my mind sentence 3 would rather look like Ishorton 99 �s answer since " could become" requires a condition that �s unreal and this is possible only when we insert "were"
3. Were you to go through with legal action, it could become very expensive
paraphrase as " if i went through legal action, it could become very expensive" but i �m not u so it �s impossible
recall that the instruction was to provide one missing word
MANY THANKS FROM MOROCCO
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4 Feb 2010
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mona90
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What I understand is that all the conditionals here require the usage of modal verbs in the subordinate clause. My solution:
1. If you will/can just be patient, I �m sure...................
2. If you should happen to see/Should you happen to see Mr. Parker...........
3 If you would go (stubbernness in doing smth)through legal action, it.............
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4 Feb 2010
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Zora
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Just a side note here:
The first two are perfectly ok in spoken English... the 3rd example does need the "Were you to go..." bit... I would even venture as much as to say that the first two are not exactly grammatically incorrect as sentences either...
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4 Feb 2010
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