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Latest post Sat, Oct 31 2009 6:44 AM by sr8. 7 replies.
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pleasehelp  +  956828 Fri, 30 Oct 09 03:52 AM
Reality struck while opportunity enters.


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sr8  +  956875 Fri, 30 Oct 09 04:52 AM

"struck" is past tense, so you need the past tense of "enter"


Reality struck while opportunity entered.


Or use the present tense of "struck"


Reality strikes while opportunity enters.

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pleasehelp  +  956909 Fri, 30 Oct 09 05:44 AM
What about:


Reality struck then opportunity enters. 

Avangi  +  956946 Fri, 30 Oct 09 06:36 AM
I think you have a mixed metaphor.


Opportunity (occasionally) knocks.  Then you must open the door and allow opportunity to enter.


There's also, "Opportunity knocks but once."


And, "Strike while the iron is hot." 

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pleasehelp  +  956954 Fri, 30 Oct 09 06:42 AM
No sorry.  I wasn't going for a metaphor or idiom of any sort just a sentence I wanted corrected.



Avangi  +  956956 Fri, 30 Oct 09 06:53 AM
pleasehelp
“ Reality struck then opportunity enters. ”
"Reality struck, and then opportunity entered."

"Reality strikes, and then opportunity enters."


When you combine the clauses using "and then," they both need to be in the same tense.


pleasehelp  +  956966 Fri, 30 Oct 09 06:59 AM
Does everything have to be in full sentences?


I mean African Americans have their own English lingos and they can describe a whole paragraph in a few words.


What's the difference between Black English and Standard American English?

sr8  +  957847 Sat, 31 Oct 09 06:44 AM
Avangi is correct, using "then" or "and then" still requires tenses to be the same.


And black english ignores the proper rules of grammer. ("He done work." instead of " He has finished working.)

That topic would require a whole separate forum.

sr8
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