Perfect Stranger Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

[correct or not] I was hoping you weren't listening...

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I'd like to ask if the following sentence is correct:

I was hoping you weren't listening, as you usually do/don't.

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Perfect Stranger I'd like to ask if the following sentence is correct What is it you're trying to say? Does the person usually listen or not?

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Perfect StrangerI'd like to ask if the following sentence is correct
What is it you're trying to say? Does the person usually listen or not?
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The person usually doesn't listen at all.
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Then:

I was hoping you weren't listening, which you usually aren't.