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Which of these sentences are gramaticly correct.

" When you are finished your work,you may go outside."

or

"When you are finished with your work,you may go outside"


This is an actual bet between my girlfriend and myself....$100.00 dollars is riding on it.

Yes,I know it's silly...but meh.

The second is more accurate - the first is not grammatically correct at all.

However, strictly speaking, I think the best way to structure that sentence is 'when you HAVE finished your work, you may go outside', which is strangely, closer to the first!

Hope you win, Fittzy!

Make all your bets with your girlfriend/wife sex related.

Win/win (unless she's into creepy stuff)

The second is correct.

Most wifes wont take you up on that bet....


The second one is correct.

Definitely the latter.

Had the former been: "When you have finished your work, you may go outside", then it could have also been a viable option.

Albatross wrote:The second is more accurate - the first is not grammatically correct at all.

However, strictly speaking, I thing the best way to structure that sentence is 'when you HAVE finished your work, you may go outside', which is strangely, closer to the first!

Hope you win, Fittzy!

+1

Either
When you have finished your work, you may go outside.
OR
When you are finished with your work,you may go outside.

All the above options are grammatically equal, but some are more equal than others.

Well,you guys have made my girl very happy...as she just won $100.00 off me.
In my personal defense,I had thought along the same lines as both Alby and Jin (ie.." Have finished"),but thought "Are finished" would work as well.
Would you belive this started over helping our son with his homework?
Anyway,thank's guys,appreciate the input...even if I did loose (grumble)...next time I'm taking Malfs advice.

Good idea.

To reiterate earlier comments; the second is correct.

Don't worry, Fitz.
You're in Georgia. We 'spect grammarticular mistayks from y'uns down thar.

Yes. I'm kidding.
Mostly. ; )

Rule 1. The GF is right. This is a lose/lose situation. Back off!

Sorry that you did loose(spelled lose ) your bet Fitzz. I'll work on a banjo to english translator for you.

Number two.

Heh, the old lady and I had a debate over statistics, so I know where you're at

She tried telling me that in statistics, nothing is ever 100%. There is a maximum of 99.9%. I argued that ramming lit dynamite up someone's cornpipe and having it explode from inside them would kill the person 100% of the time, unless she can find me the .1% of the human population that survived/could survive such a thing.

metallifan wrote:Number two.

Heh, the old lady and I had a debate over statistics, so I know where you're at

She tried telling me that in statistics, nothing is ever 100%. There is a maximum of 99.9%. I argued that ramming lit dynamite up someone's cornpipe and having it explode from inside them would kill the person 100% of the time, unless she can find me the .1% of the human population that survived/could survive such a thing.

So, did you reconsider that 99% thing before or after she beat you with a frying pan?
Wives, statistically certain to be always right, within the alpha confidence interval.

She didn't beat me. We were in the car at the time and I told her she'd be walking home if she kept saying it was a 99.9% chance

She doesn't hit me with objects. Only her fists. It's kinda like an angry massage really

See, my buddies and I hold to the simple "Man code" - We're always right, even if there're consequences, Hockey comes first during playoffs, and don't be afraid to make "Glug!" noises whenever you see a pretty girl, even in the wife's presence. So far things are going well, so maybe I just picked the right woman too

metallifan wrote:She didn't beat me. We were in the car at the time and I told her she'd be walking home if she kept saying it was a 99.9% chance

She doesn't hit me with objects. Only her fists. It's kinda like an angry massage really

See, my buddies and I hold to the simple "Man code" - We're always right, even if there're consequences, Hockey comes first during playoffs, and don't be afraid to make "Glug!" noises whenever you see a pretty girl, even in the wife's presence. So far things are going well, so maybe I just picked the right woman too

All I have to say is, be very careful when the Wife has the car. They have a tendency to "accidentally" run you over. Ask my dad!

Dont feel too bad, my brother is the king of "holy gak are you serious" type bets. He called me once and asked "ok who is right me, or the wife. Is New Mexico in America, or is it IN MEXICO"

I wont even continue

Frazzled wrote:

metallifan wrote:She didn't beat me. We were in the car at the time and I told her she'd be walking home if she kept saying it was a 99.9% chance

She doesn't hit me with objects. Only her fists. It's kinda like an angry massage really

See, my buddies and I hold to the simple "Man code" - We're always right, even if there're consequences, Hockey comes first during playoffs, and don't be afraid to make "Glug!" noises whenever you see a pretty girl, even in the wife's presence. So far things are going well, so maybe I just picked the right woman too

All I have to say is, be very careful when the Wife has the car. They have a tendency to "accidentally" run you over. Ask my dad!

I'm a firm believer in "WOMAN DRIVER! GET OFF THE ROAD!"

I Kid, although my buddy's ex -did- somehow manage to get her crappy little pinto stuck IN A TREE. Yes. That's right, In... a... Tree. And this was no small tree. This thing was probably close to 20 feet. That is one skilled fail.

I swear Metallifan, if you werent many hours drive away, we would be friends. You are hilarious.
Knowing of things like how can someone get small car in giant tree just boggles the mind. I was sitting in a parking lot waiting for the wife once, and actually witnessed something along those lines, and I still to this day cant figure out how the hell the guy managed it. He somehow, ran over the curb, hit an on coming car, spun completely around, and hit a cop car. The best part was, the cop was writting a ticket, and was putting his ticket pad away. THEN POW!! I was crying from laughter as the cop did the obvious sigh, and pulled out the ticket pad.
I had to give a statement since I saw the whole thing, and it was very difficult to do in between the tears and stomach pains from laughing to hard.

metallifan wrote:

Frazzled wrote:

metallifan wrote:She didn't beat me. We were in the car at the time and I told her she'd be walking home if she kept saying it was a 99.9% chance

She doesn't hit me with objects. Only her fists. It's kinda like an angry massage really

See, my buddies and I hold to the simple "Man code" - We're always right, even if there're consequences, Hockey comes first during playoffs, and don't be afraid to make "Glug!" noises whenever you see a pretty girl, even in the wife's presence. So far things are going well, so maybe I just picked the right woman too

All I have to say is, be very careful when the Wife has the car. They have a tendency to "accidentally" run you over. Ask my dad!

I'm a firm believer in "WOMAN DRIVER! GET OFF THE ROAD!"

I Kid, although my buddy's ex -did- somehow manage to get her crappy little pinto stuck IN A TREE. Yes. That's right, In... a... Tree. And this was no small tree. This thing was probably close to 20 feet. That is one skilled fail.

You call that fail. I call that epic WIN!

KingCracker wrote:I swear Metallifan, if you werent many hours drive away, we would be friends. You are hilarious.

You mean... You mean we're not interweb buddies?

... *Sad face*



Well if I ever find myself in your parts I'll... No wait... Let me rephrase that.

If I ever find myself in your area... Crap. One more try...

Maybe I'll find myself in your local vicinity one day, and if that's the case, we're going for beers

Frazzled wrote:

metallifan wrote:She didn't beat me. We were in the car at the time and I told her she'd be walking home if she kept saying it was a 99.9% chance

She doesn't hit me with objects. Only her fists. It's kinda like an angry massage really

See, my buddies and I hold to the simple "Man code" - We're always right, even if there're consequences, Hockey comes first during playoffs, and don't be afraid to make "Glug!" noises whenever you see a pretty girl, even in the wife's presence. So far things are going well, so maybe I just picked the right woman too

All I have to say is, be very careful when the Wife has the brontosaurus. They have a tendency to "accidentally" run you over. Ask my dad!

Fixed.

@OP: I say the second sentence is less problematic.

malfred wrote:Make all your bets with your girlfriend/wife sex related.

Of course, you start running the risk that she stops accepting bets...

Anyhow, if you bet money, you can usually convert it into sex - $100 should be enough for a "full release" massage with a "happy ending".

JohnHwangDD wrote:@OP: I say the second sentence is less problematic.

malfred wrote:Make all your bets with your girlfriend/wife sex related.

Of course, you start running the risk that she stops accepting bets...

Anyhow, if you bet money, you can usually convert it into sex - $100 should be enough for a "full release" massage with a "happy ending".

It'd be even worse if she starts taking bets from other men.

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:

JohnHwangDD wrote:@OP: I say the second sentence is less problematic.

malfred wrote:Make all your bets with your girlfriend/wife sex related.

Of course, you start running the risk that she stops accepting bets...

Anyhow, if you bet money, you can usually convert it into sex - $100 should be enough for a "full release" massage with a "happy ending".

It'd be even worse if she starts taking bets from other men.

Well,thank you very mucn for THAT image Scout.

metallifan wrote:

KingCracker wrote:I swear Metallifan, if you werent many hours drive away, we would be friends. You are hilarious.

You mean... You mean we're not interweb buddies?

... *Sad face*



Well if I ever find myself in your parts I'll... No wait... Let me rephrase that.

If I ever find myself in your area... Crap. One more try...

Maybe I'll find myself in your local vicinity one day, and if that's the case, we're going for beers

Sounds like a plan to me. Hell I might even pay for some

KingCracker wrote:Sounds like a plan to me. Hell I might even pay for some

I really hope you're talking about the beer there.

FITZZ wrote:

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:

JohnHwangDD wrote:@OP: I say the second sentence is less problematic.

malfred wrote:Make all your bets with your girlfriend/wife sex related.

Of course, you start running the risk that she stops accepting bets...

Anyhow, if you bet money, you can usually convert it into sex - $100 should be enough for a "full release" massage with a "happy ending".

It'd be even worse if she starts taking bets from other men.

Well,thank you very mucn for THAT image Scout.

No problem. Just doing my job.