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  • Asked on August 13, 2021 in Grammar.

    Both are good. The first is great. The second is nothing. The third one (see notes) doesn’t work because there is no have in the main sentence, so the tenses don’t match up, which sounds odd. I

    answered your same question. What are your experiences?

    Would be good.

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  • Asked on August 13, 2021 in Grammar.

    Both are good. The first is great. The second is nothing. The third one (see notes) doesn’t work because there is no have in the main sentence, so the tenses don’t match up, which sounds odd. I

    answered your same question. What are your experiences?

    Would be good.

    • 463193 views
    • 110 answers
    • 170833 votes
  • Asked on August 13, 2021 in Grammar.

    Both are good. The first is great. The second is nothing. The third one (see notes) doesn’t work because there is no have in the main sentence, so the tenses don’t match up, which sounds odd. I

    answered your same question. What are your experiences?

    Would be good.

    • 463193 views
    • 110 answers
    • 170833 votes
  • Asked on August 13, 2021 in Grammar.

    Both are good. The first is great. The second is nothing. The third one (see notes) doesn’t work because there is no have in the main sentence, so the tenses don’t match up, which sounds odd. I

    answered your same question. What are your experiences?

    Would be good.

    • 463193 views
    • 110 answers
    • 170833 votes
  • Asked on August 13, 2021 in Synonyms.

    In some cases, they could describe the same activity objectively defined, but they have a different emotional meaning.

    “Go thru with” means to continue and complete some action that you have committed to doing, or been charged with doing. What is the implication that the person is unwilling, but it is not necessarily difficult or unpleasant to do it(it might just be the consequences that are undesirable). Once its finished, the activity will eventually end. When did you start that? To go through with it is just not doing it – maybe not starting, or maybe leaving it incomplete.

    “Get something over with” means to finish it – not necessarily completing it, or doing it satisfactorily, just getting to the end and stopping. What does the activity itself mean? The alternative might be not doing it at all (if it is simply a short activity), but it might be just letting it drag on inconclusively.

    In the case of homework, “get it over with?” is much more natural, to my ear.

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  • Asked on August 12, 2021 in Grammar.

    Both are good. The first is great. The second is nothing. The third one (see notes) doesn’t work because there is no have in the main sentence, so the tenses don’t match up, which sounds odd. I

    answered your same question. What are your experiences?

    Would be good.

    • 463193 views
    • 110 answers
    • 170833 votes
  • Asked on August 12, 2021 in Synonyms.

    In some cases, they could describe the same activity objectively defined, but they have a different emotional meaning.

    “Go thru with” means to continue and complete some action that you have committed to doing, or been charged with doing. What is the implication that the person is unwilling, but it is not necessarily difficult or unpleasant to do it(it might just be the consequences that are undesirable). Once its finished, the activity will eventually end. When did you start that? To go through with it is just not doing it – maybe not starting, or maybe leaving it incomplete.

    “Get something over with” means to finish it – not necessarily completing it, or doing it satisfactorily, just getting to the end and stopping. What does the activity itself mean? The alternative might be not doing it at all (if it is simply a short activity), but it might be just letting it drag on inconclusively.

    In the case of homework, “get it over with?” is much more natural, to my ear.

    • 422384 views
    • 38 answers
    • 155380 votes
  • Asked on August 12, 2021 in Grammar.

    Both are good. The first is great. The second is nothing. The third one (see notes) doesn’t work because there is no have in the main sentence, so the tenses don’t match up, which sounds odd. I

    answered your same question. What are your experiences?

    Would be good.

    • 463193 views
    • 110 answers
    • 170833 votes
  • Asked on August 12, 2021 in Grammar.

    Both are good. The first is great. The second is nothing. The third one (see notes) doesn’t work because there is no have in the main sentence, so the tenses don’t match up, which sounds odd. I

    answered your same question. What are your experiences?

    Would be good.

    • 463193 views
    • 110 answers
    • 170833 votes
  • Asked on August 11, 2021 in Grammar.

    Both are good. The first is great. The second is nothing. The third one (see notes) doesn’t work because there is no have in the main sentence, so the tenses don’t match up, which sounds odd. I

    answered your same question. What are your experiences?

    Would be good.

    • 463193 views
    • 110 answers
    • 170833 votes