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We've got the notice that there'd be another water outage next month. Does this sound natural?
We've got the notice that there'd be another water outage next month. Does this sound natural?
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- English (US)
- Japanese
Okay. Thanks.
- English (US)
- Simplified Chinese (China)
A little unnatural
'got' is actually correct in UK English, but in the US 'gotten' is preferred.
Also, "there'd" is the contraction of "there would", which implies the conditional e.g. there would be another water outage next month IF the droughts continue. In this case, the continuation of the droughts is the condition for a water outage to occur.
If there is no condition i.e. there WILL be a water outage next month, "there'll" is better.
- Japanese
Thanks.
Would "We've gotten" and "there will" sound okay in the sequence of tenses?
Would "We've gotten" and "there will" sound okay in the sequence of tenses?
- English (US)
- Simplified Chinese (China)
- Japanese
Okay. Thanks.
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