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BW2/3  #284505  Mon, 23 Oct 06 04:59 AM

I asked him are you always taking the bus. He replied only when my wife did not use the car. Then he uttered that my wife gave me the car back when it was in trouble.

Are they correct?

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Marius Hancu  #284519  Mon, 23 Oct 06 05:22 AM

I asked him, "Are you always taking the bus?"
He replied,  "Only when my wife IS USING the car."
Then he uttered, "My wife gave me the car back when it HAD TROUBLES."
  
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Grammar Geek  #284526  Mon, 23 Oct 06 05:35 AM

That's not logical. If his wife isn't using the car, then presumably he is. That's when he would NOT be taking the bus.
  
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Marius Hancu  #284529  Mon, 23 Oct 06 05:47 AM
 Grammar Geek wrote:

That's not logical. If his wife isn't using the car, then presumably he is. That's when he would NOT be taking the bus.

Yes. I've changed the 2nd sentence in my reply.
  
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