Pructus Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
I wish I were a bird that could fly.
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(A) I wish I were a bird that could fly. VS (b) I wish I were a bird that can fly.
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Without any grammatical interference, to decide only by pure native speaker's sense of English,
among A, and B, which sounds better? Or, maybe it doesn't matter which one?
If the example sentence is ambiguous, what I intended to say is of the same structure as:
I wish I were a businessman that could/can make millions of dollars a year.
(A) I wish I were a bird that could fly. VS (b) I wish I were a bird that can fly.
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Without any grammatical interference, to decide only by pure native speaker's sense of English,
among A, and B, which sounds better? Or, maybe it doesn't matter which one?
If the example sentence is ambiguous, what I intended to say is of the same structure as:
I wish I were a businessman that could/can make millions of dollars a year.
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And grammatically, which one is more correct?
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