JACEK1
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Hello everybody!
About two weeks ago, while riding my bike to work, I heard a woman say the following words to her dog.
Quote "You have only just suffered from a pain in your paw and (now) you are starting to growl at other dogs".
Unquote
The general idea is that the dog has only just stopped having a pain in her paw and is now starting to growl at other dogs.
I have attempted to express the idea in the below-mentioned three variants:
A) No sooner have you stopped having a pain in your paw than you are starting to growl at other dogs.
B) Hardly have you stopped having a pain in your paw when you are starting to growl at other dogs.
C) Hardly have you stopped having a pain in your paw before you are starting to growl at other dogs.
What do you think of my conclusions. Is it possible to combine Present Perfect Tense with Present Continous Tense/Present Simple Tense when using no sooner ..... than / hardly ..... when / before structures?
Could you answer my questions? Thank you.
About two weeks ago, while riding my bike to work, I heard a woman say the following words to her dog.
Quote "You have only just suffered from a pain in your paw and (now) you are starting to growl at other dogs".
Unquote
The general idea is that the dog has only just stopped having a pain in her paw and is now starting to growl at other dogs.
I have attempted to express the idea in the below-mentioned three variants:
A) No sooner have you stopped having a pain in your paw than you are starting to growl at other dogs.
B) Hardly have you stopped having a pain in your paw when you are starting to growl at other dogs.
C) Hardly have you stopped having a pain in your paw before you are starting to growl at other dogs.
What do you think of my conclusions. Is it possible to combine Present Perfect Tense with Present Continous Tense/Present Simple Tense when using no sooner ..... than / hardly ..... when / before structures?
Could you answer my questions? Thank you.
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