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I thought of a sentence, "It's so interesting that I started to learn it." but I was not sure if it was correct so I looked it up in my grammar textbook. But I only found the "so~that..." sentences in the past tense like "He spoke so clearly that everyone could hear him."
The question is, is the sentence like what I thought of (principal clause - present, subordinate clause - past) natural? Or is it better to rewrite like "It was so interesting that I started to learn it?"
I thought of a sentence, "It's so interesting that I started to learn it." but I was not sure if it was correct so I looked it up in my grammar textbook. But I only found the "so~that..." sentences in the past tense like "He spoke so clearly that everyone could hear him."
The question is, is the sentence like what I thought of (principal clause - present, subordinate clause - past) natural? Or is it better to rewrite like "It was so interesting that I started to learn it?"
The question is, is the sentence like what I thought of (principal clause - present, subordinate clause - past) natural? Or is it better to rewrite like "It was so interesting that I started to learn it?"
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You can use your sentence: "It's so interesting that I started to learn it." or "It was so interesting that I started to learn it." Though, I think yours is more natural. I would mainly use this sentence in a conversation after someone says something along the lines of: "I can't believe you're learning English now." Because then, the person that you're talking to knows what "it" means.
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You can use your sentence: "It's so interesting that I started to learn it." or "It was so interesting that I started to learn it." Though, I think yours is more natural. I would mainly use this sentence in a conversation after someone says something along the lines of: "I can't believe you're learning English now." Because then, the person that you're talking to knows what "it" means.
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