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[happeningthang]

The doctor thinks the baby can walk in about three weeks.


I'm assured there's some grevious and apparent error, but I can't see it.

Anyone?

[drunkenfud]

I can't see it either. Maybe the sentence is a little clumsy sounding, but no glaring grammatical errors.

[schwa]

[hauwande]

[happeningthang]

Ah. Of course. Thanks Schwa.

[willraber]

It appears to be a "Brit" thing. Grammatically speaking, the sentence implies that the doctor will cause the baby to walk. Another example that had me stumped (but also helped me to remember) when I first got started studying was "Look at the clouds. It will rain." Personally, I grew up with phrases like this, so I just didn't get it. Unfortunately, it implies that the person speaking will cause it to rain. To correct this error, one would say, "Look at the clouds. It is going to rain." We can get away with this because, eventually, it will rain, regardless.

Reference: English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy, chapter 23.