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What is the difference between I saw a comment saying “go to hell” and I saw a comment that said “go to hell” and I saw a comment that says “go to hell” and I saw a comment that is saying “go to hell” ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between I saw a comment saying “go to hell” and I saw a comment that said “go to hell” and I saw a comment that says “go to hell” and I saw a comment that is saying “go to hell” ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Grammar includes punctuation and capitalization.
That's why I said sentences 1 through 4 were wrong before I corrected them.
After I corrected the punctuation and capitalization, I said that sentence #4 is still wrong, because "is saying" is not the correct way to write it.
1) I saw a comment saying “go to hell”
wrong
2) I saw a comment that said “go to hell”
wrong
3) I saw a comment that says “go to hell”
wrong
4) I saw a comment that is saying “go to hell”
wrong
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1) I saw a comment saying, “Go to hell.”
correct
2) I saw a comment that said, “Go to hell.”
correct
3) I saw a comment that says, “Go to hell.”
correct
4) I saw a comment that is saying, “Go to hell.”
wrong, because "is saying" is still wrong since it is present tense when it should be past tense.
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The first and the second one work. The third and the fourth one are at least unnatural, because “says” and “is saying” need to be in the past tense.
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Grammar includes punctuation and capitalization.
That's why I said sentences 1 through 4 were wrong before I corrected them.
After I corrected the punctuation and capitalization, I said that sentence #4 is still wrong, because "is saying" is not the correct way to write it.
1) I saw a comment saying “go to hell”
wrong
2) I saw a comment that said “go to hell”
wrong
3) I saw a comment that says “go to hell”
wrong
4) I saw a comment that is saying “go to hell”
wrong
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1) I saw a comment saying, “Go to hell.”
correct
2) I saw a comment that said, “Go to hell.”
correct
3) I saw a comment that says, “Go to hell.”
correct
4) I saw a comment that is saying, “Go to hell.”
wrong, because "is saying" is still wrong since it is present tense when it should be past tense.
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- English (US)
Hmm, I ran sentences 3 and 4 into free grammar checkers and one grammar checker said that "is saying" is wrong, but all the other grammar checkers said 3 and 4 are both correct.
I don't know if I should trust free online grammar checkers or not.
All I know is that to my ears, #3 sounds right and #4 sounds wrong, even though they are both in the present tense when the word "saw" is in the past tense.
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