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Anonymous
02-12-2005, 03:21 AM
Are these all OK and natural?

1. You have to get up at 5 am [tomorrow, in the morning]! / After this party, I won't/wouldn't be able to get up that early!
2. He has to get up at 5 am tomorrow. If I were him, I couldn't get up that early after this party!
3. After this party I [couldn't, wouldn't be able to] get up that early [come what may, no matter what happens, whatever happens, even if my dead father come back alive]!

Thanks.

Rusty
02-12-2005, 04:00 PM
Are these all OK and natural?

1. You have to get up at 5 am [tomorrow, in the morning]! / After this party, I won't/wouldn't be able to get up that early!
2. He has to get up at 5 am tomorrow. If I were him, I couldn't get up that early after this party!
3. After this party I [couldn't, wouldn't be able to] get up that early [come what may, no matter what happens, whatever happens, even if my dead father come back alive]!

Thanks.

1. You have to get up at 5 am [tomorrow, <strike>in the morning</strike>]! / After this party, I won't/<strike>wouldn't</strike> be able to get up that early! (In the phrase, 5 am in the morning there is a redundancy. A.M. and morning mean the same thing, so omit one or the other. 5:00 in the morning is OK; 5:00 a.m. is OK).
2. He has to get up at 5 am tomorrow. If I were him, I couldn't get up that early after this party! (Acceptable in casual conversation. Formally, it should be: If I were he).
3. After this party I [couldn't, wouldn't be able to] get up that early [come what may, no matter what might happen <strike>s</strike>, whatever might happen, even if my dead father were to come back alive]!