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Which of these sentences is correct?

Hey Everyone! :)

English is not my mother language and I would like to know which of these is correct or which one sounds best.

1. If you knew you were going to die tomorrow- what would you do today?

2. If you knew you'd die tomorrow - what would you do today?

Or is there any other possibility to phrase it?

Thank you!

12 Antworten

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  • vor 9 Jahren
    Beste Antwort

    If you knew you were going to die tomorrow, what would you do today?

    This is the correct statement, but you need to use a comma, not a hyphen, to separate the clauses.

    This is called an "unreal conditional" phrase. When we use "If" to introduce a condition that we expect not to be true (i.e., we don't expect we will really die tomorrow), we use "were" as the verb, regardless of the subject. ("If I were you, I wouldn't do that") The "were" alerts the listener that the condition is "unreal" or "not expected"

  • vor 9 Jahren

    The first one sounds best, but you just need a comma. Like this: If you knew you were going to die tomorrow, what would you do today?

  • vor 9 Jahren

    number 1 is definitely best,

    cant think of a way i could word it much better. use a comma instead of a - tho

    You'd is short for 'You Would' so 'if you knew you would die tomorrow - what would you do today?'

    its not bad but the other ones better

  • vor 9 Jahren

    The first is the best, but how about swapping it around, like 'what would you do today if you knew you'd die tomorrow?'

    Just an idea hahaha :D

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    vor 9 Jahren

    They are both correct English, but they have slightly different meanings.

    The first is the more usual. The second suggests that dying tomorrow would be a conseqence of what you do today. It would be more correct to use a comma rather than a dash.

  • vor 9 Jahren

    I think it's sounds better to say, What would you do today if, you knew you were going to die tomorrow?

  • ?
    Lv 6
    vor 9 Jahren

    first is almost perfect, as mentioned you should have used a comma,

    you could also write it like this

    " What would you do today if you knew that tomorrow you were going to die? "

  • Anonym
    vor 9 Jahren

    If you knew that tomorrow you were going to die, what is it that you would make sure of doing today.

    Note the comma, not a dash.

    Otherwise your versions are fine.

  • whyme?
    Lv 5
    vor 9 Jahren

    number 1 is BETTER after changing the dash into a comma, note the capitalization of better. some replies use the word best but since there are only two options it should be better. you would use best if there wre more than two options. remember the progression, good for one, better for two and best for more than two i.e. good better, best.

  • vor 9 Jahren

    Personally, I would say it as indicated in example 1, purely because it sounds more correct. Although, example two is not wrong either.

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