November 9, 200817 yr Is it It was a polite, correct prose which commonly appears in a Japanese textbook. Or It was a polite, correct prose which commonly appear in a Japanese textbook. And while typing out the topic title, I got confused again... Is it I wonder if a grammatical question belongs to here as well.. Or I wonder if a grammatical question belonged to here as well.. "Do you really want to go back to the time when Falador was grey, lesser demon look like goats, dragons look like cows, hellhound look like cats and your character stands as stiff as a statue?" -F1775
November 9, 200817 yr Is it It was a polite, correct prose which commonly appears in a Japanese textbook. ~This one~ Or It was a polite, correct prose which commonly appear in a Japanese textbook. And while typing out the topic title, I got confused again... Is it I wonder if a grammatical question belongs to here as well.. ~This one, because both are in present tense~ Or I wonder if a grammatical question belonged to here as well.. I am not usually the best at English grammar, but I believe those are right. If someone sees them as wrong please correct me.
November 9, 200817 yr Author I realised that I've never fully grasp the usage of 'if'. In this sentence, is the gramer correct? I wonder if he ate the cake? Or is it: I wonder if he eats the cake? I tend to use the first one based on how natural it sounds (to me), but I guess there are rules to be followed in languages. EDIT: Perhaps both of them are wrong, and it should be: I wonder if he has/had(?) eaten the cake? "Do you really want to go back to the time when Falador was grey, lesser demon look like goats, dragons look like cows, hellhound look like cats and your character stands as stiff as a statue?" -F1775
November 9, 200817 yr I realised that I've never fully grasp the usage of 'if'. In this sentence, is the gramer correct? I wonder if he ate the cake? ~This one, if it sounds natural, it usually is right.~ Or is it: I wonder if he eats the cake? I tend to use the first one based on how natural it sounds (to me), but I guess there are rules to be followed in languages.
November 9, 200817 yr Author Let me rephrase again, how many of these are grammatically correct? I wonder if he ate the cake? I wonder if he eats the cake? I wonder if he has eaten the cake? I wonder if he had eaten the cake? I wondered if he ate the cake? I wondered if he eats the cake? I wondered if he has eaten the cake? I wondered if he had eaten the cake? "Do you really want to go back to the time when Falador was grey, lesser demon look like goats, dragons look like cows, hellhound look like cats and your character stands as stiff as a statue?" -F1775
November 9, 200817 yr This is starting to just mess with my head sorry, I know that 1,3,5,8 sound correct but I am not completely sure.
November 9, 200817 yr Author Yea, I can fully understand how you're feeling. is there an English teacher out there who plays RuneScape? :wall: "Do you really want to go back to the time when Falador was grey, lesser demon look like goats, dragons look like cows, hellhound look like cats and your character stands as stiff as a statue?" -F1775
November 9, 200817 yr Author And I believe there isn't a bump button for tipit forum yet... "Do you really want to go back to the time when Falador was grey, lesser demon look like goats, dragons look like cows, hellhound look like cats and your character stands as stiff as a statue?" -F1775
November 9, 200817 yr Let me rephrase again, how many of these are grammatically correct? I wonder if he ate the cake? Correct - it's simple past tense. I wonder if he eats the cake? It can be - simple present can be used to guess at the future. I wonder if he has eaten the cake? also correct! Past perfect tense. I wonder if he had eaten the cake? Again, can be correct in the right situation - this is conditional, I believe. The grammar can work, but the sentence is incomplete. "I wonder if things would have been different if he had eaten the cake." is perfectly correct. I wondered if he ate the cake? Correct. Simple past tense. It shouldn't have a question mark at the end, though, since it's a statement, not a question. I wondered if he eats the cake? Yes, but again, no question mark. The past tense of "wondered" turns it into a statement. I wondered if he has eaten the cake? No question mark. I wondered if he had eaten the cake? Again, no question mark needed.
November 9, 200817 yr Is it It was a polite, correct prose which commonly appears in a Japanese textbook. Or It was a polite, correct prose which commonly appear in a Japanese textbook. And while typing out the topic title, I got confused again... Is it I wonder if a grammatical question belongs to here as well.. Or I wonder if a grammatical question belonged to here as well.. On the second set neither are correct because you would two verbs because of the "to," and if you ignore that both are correct although create different meanings. On the cake sentences if you remove the on some of the ones that makes them correct, but by themselves the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th are correct I think. The 2nd and 6th would be correct if you remove "the." And most of those have completely different meanings context wise. Edit: @above I forgot to look at the punctuation, and the comments on 2nd and 6th work in the case he used.
November 9, 200817 yr Ummm....I think its like this... I wonder if he will/he'll eat the cake. (future tense) I wonder if he has eaten the cake. (past tense) Im 14 and have a B in English, if you wanted to know. Is it It was a polite, correct prose which commonly appears in a Japanese textbook. Or It was a polite, correct prose which commonly appear in a Japanese textbook. And while typing out the topic title, I got confused again... Is it I wonder if a grammatical question belongs to here as well.. Or I wonder if a grammatical question belonged to here as well.. I wonder if a gramatical question belongs here as well.. woot.You are one with the matrix. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Petry Amwose if you ask me.
November 9, 200817 yr Let me rephrase again, how many of these are grammatically correct? I wonder if he ate the cake? Correct - it's simple past tense. I wonder if he eats the cake? It can be - simple present can be used to guess at the future. No, that can't be correct. Or - it's not good for an Essay. Use "if he will eat" I wonder if he has eaten the cake? also correct! Past perfect tense. I wonder if he had eaten the cake? Again, can be correct in the right situation - this is conditional, I believe. The grammar can work, but the sentence is incomplete. "I wonder if things would have been different if he had eaten the cake." is perfectly correct. But if there is nothing more to add to the sentence, use "I wonder, did he ate the cake?" I wondered if he ate the cake? Correct. Simple past tense. It shouldn't have a question mark at the end, though, since it's a statement, not a question. I wondered if he eats the cake? Yes, but again, no question mark. The past tense of "wondered" turns it into a statement. I wondered if he has eaten the cake? No question mark. I wondered if he had eaten the cake? Again, no question mark needed. I'm starting to think this is spam. :roll: Even if it's not, it really seems like it. [Summoning guide (AOW)] [Slayer guide] [Melee & Brawl player]
November 9, 200817 yr Not really spam, but it doesn't belong here. This forum is for runescape related questions.
November 9, 200817 yr Author Thanks for the help guys, I'll be taking a few minutes to digest the information. : On a side note, there's a board for non-runescape related topics, but ALL questions belong here. So.......I believe tipit supports proper language, and not leetspeak? "Do you really want to go back to the time when Falador was grey, lesser demon look like goats, dragons look like cows, hellhound look like cats and your character stands as stiff as a statue?" -F1775
November 9, 200817 yr Actually, some of the corrections have mistakes in them. Let me rephrase again, how many of these are grammatically correct? I wonder if he ate the cake? Correct. I wonder if he eats the cake? Wrong. I wonder if he has eaten the cake? Correct. I wonder if he had eaten the cake? Correct. I wondered if he ate the cake? Wrong, and no ? I wondered if he eats the cake? Wrong, and no ? I wondered if he has eaten the cake? Wrong, and no ? I wondered if he had eaten the cake? Correct, but no ? If you compare with previous posts, the discrepancy lies in the 5th, 6th and 7th questions.
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