
How to use "I wondered, I wonder, I am wondering, or I was …
2021年8月27日 · I am quite confused about the differences between "I wonder", "I wondered", "I am wondering" and "I was wondering". I wonder if you are still interested in the class.
what is the meaning of the sentence " i wondered if + present ...
2021年3月28日 · If i wondered if a polite form that is equal to i wonder if but why then love felt like? And so on and if it was the meaning of this is clear ,but why then i did not want it to end.Isn't it more logical to use present in this sentence?
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2021年5月3日 · Have you ever wondered who the people are you see every day on the way to work? As far as I know, in similar questions like the one above, if there is an auxiliary verb, it should be placed at the end of the sentence (indirect questions); however, this structure is …
"I wonder what they are doing" or "I wonder what are they doing"?
2019年6月27日 · Both can be correct. The first would certainly be the most common usage. The second could still be used though - usually involves a pause after wonder and you could almost imagine what are they doing in quotation marks. Thus I wonder, "What are they doing?" Possibly more as a verbal thought or ponderance. Maybe you can hear somebody making a lot of noise …
questions - I wondered what are your plans? & I wondered what …
Are Both "I wondered what are your plans?" & I wondered what your plans are." Correct? There is a little difference in the the existence of quotation mark.
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“I wanted to know (I was wondering)” is an example of being indirect for politeness. Just as you said, if you are talking to a respected person, or a stranger, this is an appropriate way to speak or write. Some people say it is too indirect and an obsolete way to speak, but this is not universal. “I would like to know” is another way to convey politeness without using the past tense ...
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2016年9月22日 · A question mark would be the correct punctuation here, however it would be helpful to use correct tenses. I was wondering, when he rejected him did John get upset. the English language needs you to stay in the tense you started in. for example when you say "when he rejected him", did would would be the correct tense as you are referring to an event that …
I wonder what I (will or would) be doing in three years time?
2016年4月18日 · In the current context, "will" is the appropriate keyword. The keyword "would" would have been appropriate if the sentence was a type of indirect speech: I wondered what I would be doing in 3 years time.
sentence construction - I wonder why are ... vs i wonder why the ...
2020年11月10日 · We say: I wonder why the majority of people who liked this are (adjective). We can also say (although not entirely naturally): I wonder: why are the majority of people who liked this (adjective)? The first one is a statement, and the second one is a question. why is [noun] [adjective] is an independent clause- it can be sentence by itself. On its own, it is also a …
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2017年1月10日 · "don't expect me to be all dear diary this and dear diary that" would you explain the meaning of that sentence and change the sentence in other word or form? particularly, I have wondered the mea...