English Language & Usage Asked by Yeti Ape on January 23, 2021
Please consider these sentences side by side:
Question:
Which one/ones of them is ungrammatical? If so, why?
My gut tells me that No.3 is off, but I can’t quite gather why.
To make matters worse, I also feel that No.4 is correct, contradicting my previous sentiment somehow.
When has two meanings:
1 I visited him when (specific) I was in Manchester = at the time that; on the occasion that
2 I visit him when (general) I am in Manchester = whenever, at any time that; on any occasion that
(Meaning 2 also tends towards “if”: I sometimes travel to the North. When I am near Manchester I might visit him. ≈ if)
Your examples are all inverted. They are fronted by a type of adverbial – they are all capable of being re-adjusted, which is the test to see if they work.
For the purpose of your examples, there is no significant difference between “should be cautious” and “be cautious”
Thus the only examples we need are
And both are acceptable although the context will play a part in deciding which is most appropriate.
Correct answer by Greybeard on January 23, 2021
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