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Emma
Is it correct ?
"He was afraid that his friend couldn't be on time to board the plane so he called to make a fake bomb scare."
May 24, 2015 9:59 PM
Answers · 8
You need a subjunctive here, so it should be 'wouldn't be' not 'couldn't be'.
May 25, 2015
"Because he was afraid that his friend couldn't be on time to board the plane, he called to make a fake bomb scare."
I would separate the sentence into a conditional (separated by the comma ",") just so it flows better.
May 25, 2015
He was afraid of that his friend couldn't be on time to board the plane so he called to make a fake bomb denouncement.
May 24, 2015
Thank you Nathalie
May 25, 2015
It's very good, I would just write it as follows: "He was afraid his friend wouldn't board the plane on time so he called to make a fake bomb scare."
May 24, 2015
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