Amy B. answered • 09/26/23
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The correct version is the first one. The second one using a contraction for would sounds odd and hard to read.
Amy B.
The second one indicates that the action of reading was ongoing during a certain period of time but technically they are not different in meaning.
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09/26/23
Dedra A.
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Amy: Isn't there a verb missing in the last phrase for the first one?
Sentence: You would send me messages that always read.
Sentence reads awkward without the verb "were" as the past tense for "to be."
Correct: You would send me messages that "were" always read.
Without a verb here, the sentence makes no sense. So, I'm inclined to advise that the latter is correct:
Correct: You would send me messages that I'd (I would) always read.
Is there a larger context that I'm missing?
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10/02/23
Amy B.
Read is the verb in the first one. This seems like a small portion of a poem that would be finished in the next few lines. The second example seemed clunky.
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10/02/23
Dedra A.
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Ahhh ... I see. Both are strangely written. Verbs missing in both. Both are really strangely written.
So, I agree with you, Amy. I still think both sentences are awkward.
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10/02/23
Ethan B.
Does the "that always read" and "that would always read" have different meanings?09/26/23