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marzouga
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Help please !!
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Is this sentence correct to express prohibition in the past: you weren�t to park your car there. meaning , you weren�t allowed to park your car there. |
21 Mar 2019
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yanogator
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It�s correct, but the meaning isn�t exactly the same. "You weren�t allowed to park your car there" is sort of a general prohibition. "You weren�t to park your car there" implies that you had been told not to park your car there (specifically), but did it anyway. It�s a small difference, but a difference nonetheless. Bruce |
21 Mar 2019
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marzouga
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THANK YOU SO MUCH BRUCE FOR THE CLARIFICATION. |
21 Mar 2019
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