"I imagine that soon everybody will know what someone is doing and where someone is".
Or should I say:
"I imagine that soon everybody will know what someone will be doing and where someone will be"?
Please, tell me which one is correct. If none is, please, write down the correct way. I want to know the grammar. Thanks.
2006-11-10 00:17:12 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The first phrasing is definitely awkward sounding. Another problem with your sentence structure is that it does not logically make sense. Why do you imagine that others will know what someone is doing? The phrase "someone" is also vague. The ambiguous pronoun needs to be clarified even if you intended it to refer to one person in general terms. You also need to clarify where he is. The sentence is pretty broad in scope and you might want to try making things more specific. Where is he in relation to? (a location, like within a school?).
A possible way to rephrase the sentence might be:
I can imagine that everybody will soon know what he (or she) is doing and where he (or she) is in (where? the school?) because...(ex: he (or she) draws a lot of attention to himself).
I am not that good at grammar but I hope that this can help you.
2006-11-10 11:11:35 · answer #1 · answered by stringbean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
Do you mean:
I can Imagine that soon everybody will know what everyone else is doing and where.
or
I can imagine that soon everybody will know what someone will be doing and where.
I can imagine that soon everybody will know what someone will be doing and where he/she will be.
I think the above three sentences are gramatically correct but MEAN different.
Hope, this helps you a bit
2006-11-10 08:31:27 · answer #2 · answered by aniruddha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that there is a comma after soon. I also think that it should be everyone and not everybody.
SO...
I imagine that soon, everyone will know what someone will be doing and where someone will be.
2006-11-10 08:28:53 · answer #3 · answered by mj_x2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I imagine that soon everybody will be able to find out where anybody is and what that person is doing.
2006-11-10 08:24:16 · answer #4 · answered by Jason O 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I imagine that soon everybody will know what someone will be doing and where someone will be.
You are not asking a question. therefore you need to get rid of the question mark.
2006-11-10 08:32:41 · answer #5 · answered by wondermom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In this case, I don't think it's a matter of which sentence is grammatically perfect. Your first sentence is very clear and the point is very understandable. The second is stilted and difficult to follow.
2006-11-10 18:35:56 · answer #6 · answered by Barry B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I imagine that soon everyone will have the ability to know what everyone else is doing and where they are doing it.
2006-11-10 08:25:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the second one sounds correct.
2006-11-10 08:21:57 · answer #8 · answered by david l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first one is correct.
2006-11-10 08:21:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say it like this:
I imagine that soon everybody will know what people are doing and where they are. (something like that)
2006-11-10 10:00:34 · answer #10 · answered by Josh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋