Question
Could you please check the following sentences?
1) Why not meet at six o'clock?
2) Why don't we meet at six o'clock?
In what way is sentence 1 different from 2? Is the speaker not included in sentence 2?
3) She tells her husband he must pretend to be sleeping.
He must pretend that he is sleeping/that he has just awaken.
4) If he had to acknowledge his guilt, it would be best for him to lose all knowledge of himself. (Is this time correct?)
1) Why not meet at six o'clock?
2) Why don't we meet at six o'clock?
In what way is sentence 1 different from 2? Is the speaker not included in sentence 2?
3) She tells her husband he must pretend to be sleeping.
He must pretend that he is sleeping/that he has just awaken.
4) If he had to acknowledge his guilt, it would be best for him to lose all knowledge of himself. (Is this time correct?)
Answers
Writeacher
1 and 2 mean about the same thing. 1 is more casual (no subject stated), and 2 is a bit more formal.
3 ... just awakened.
4 is correct, yes.
3 ... just awakened.
4 is correct, yes.