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- How to use I wondered, I wonder, I am wondering, or I was wondering?
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 . . .
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?
- I wondered what it was or I wondered what it were
It's a question about the subjunctive mood Let's say you found out the name of a new object Which construction would be grammatically correct more frequently spoken? quot;I wondered what it was
- What is the difference among these: (I was wondering vs I wondered vs I . . .
A moment ago I wondered if you could explain them to me I wondered yesterday if you would visit me today And: I had wondered if you could explain them to me "I had wondered" is in regard to a point of time way back in the past and is used when describing that action in comparison to the present or another point of time E g
- I wonder what they are doing or I wonder what are they doing?
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 and you wonder "what on earth are they
- past tense - I was wondering vs. I am wondering vs. I wonder - English . . .
If I would like to make requests, should I use “I was wondering…” instead of “I am wondering…” and “I wonder…”? If yes, what’s the most appropriate situation to use “I am wondering…” and “I wonder…”?
- Should I backshift with If you ever wondered. . . ?
Where is he going? -> I wondered where he was going But when the question or statement is timeless, both present and past are possible: The Greek philosophers knew that the world is was round What does hell look like? -> Have you ever wondered what hell looks looked like?
- punctuation - If I wonder is separated by a comma, should the . . .
That's really two sentences or, at least two separate thoughts, rather than one (although you could make them into a single sentence by connecting them with whether and adjusting the word order slighly ) The question is really just about how to punctuate them The comma isn't ideal, as it denotes a pause or separation in one sentence I would suggest a semi-colon, which is used to connect two
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