I really hope she's not as mean as Mrs. Long described her to be.
2007-08-22 08:06:35 · 9 answers · asked by M.K. 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
That sounds fine.
2007-08-22 08:16:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take out the last two words and it will be fine. They are redundant. As far as what someone else saying about tenses need to be the same, this doesn't always apply; here, it doesn't apply because she is (in the present) but Mrs. Long described her (in the past).
2007-08-22 08:22:59 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grammatically speaking it is proper to have tense congruency throughout your sentence, thus, the word 'described' should have been 'describes' (the simple present tense) to follow suit with the verbs in the first part of your sentence.
Technically speaking, you could get away with the way you have written the sentence, since the mistake would be imperceptible to someone with little or no grammar expertise..
2007-08-22 08:19:45 · answer #3 · answered by SexRexRx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
You could also simply say, "I really hope she's not as mean as Mrs. Long described her."
2007-08-22 08:13:48 · answer #4 · answered by dogsafire 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sounds fine to me.
2007-08-22 08:13:38 · answer #5 · answered by Sunshine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!
2007-08-22 08:14:28 · answer #6 · answered by Raven 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's correct.
=D
2007-08-22 08:14:07 · answer #7 · answered by Kateyy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you need to have a "that" after hope. otherwise looks ok
2007-08-22 08:19:07 · answer #8 · answered by deltabird2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe so.
2007-08-22 08:13:30 · answer #9 · answered by ༼ƑᏌᏟᏦ ᎩᏫᏌ༽ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋