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Re: Aspects of English Grammar

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Saturday, March 13, 2004, 4:10
Philippe Caquant wrote:
> > "To be about to" is possible in the future tense: > Tomorrow morning, at the same time, I'll be about to > take the train to Madrid...
To this native speaker, that sounds, at best, only semi-gramatical. -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42

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