[Image] “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” ~ George EliotSubmitted by Butterflies_Books t3_yfmrsq in GetMotivated
AmongCats t1_iu4bu5f wrote
Reply to comment by call_me_jim_bobz in [Image] “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” ~ George Eliot by Butterflies_Books
how would you write the sentence?
call_me_jim_bobz t1_iu4mx0p wrote
Whys the sentence got 2 x to (in the picture)
Steve_Austin_OSI t1_iu4ohu4 wrote
He wanted to be a train.
ay_lamassu t1_iu7bwex wrote
*He wanted to to be a train.
AmongCats t1_iu5fukh wrote
such a nitpick but okay xD
Remarkable_aPe t1_iu5h1gl wrote
Switch "be" to "become"
[deleted] t1_iu7skq7 wrote
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AmongCats t1_iu5u2zh wrote
okay interesting, so saying "to be" in this case would not be grammatically correct?
call_me_jim_bobz t1_iu83wcm wrote
Read the text in the picture
Remarkable_aPe t1_iu6kqy8 wrote
I would say it's a better clarification of the future tense more than correct vs incorrect.
I am no grammar police but had to read this twice for the future tense to be clear for me
Puppersnme t1_iu7e3ik wrote
Ms. Evans is alternately spinning in her grave and laughing her ass off. 🙄
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