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jays
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 Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:58 am Post subject: It will not be long that spring comes. |
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Are all of the sentences in the following grammatically coorect, and do they have the same meaning ?
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(1) It will not be long before spring comes.
(2) It will not be long before spring will come.
(3) It will not be long until spring comes.
(4) It will not be long until spring will come.
(5) It will not be long that spring comes.
(6) It will not be long that spring will come. |
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pugachevV
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:09 am Post subject: |
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| 1.) through 3.) are OK, the others are not. |
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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| pugachevV wrote: |
| 1.) through 3.) are OK, the others are not. |
I'm sure you could hear 2, but I don't like it as well. |
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lotus
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Jays,
Only #1 is palatable.
Replace "It will not be long..." with "It will only be a short while..."
--lotus
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