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Tostyle un Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Hello teachers, I don't have to refer to this in the past tense because it's still there?

I punched a few of the gangsters and I say to them "I had told you I will beat you up if you voilate the code of conduct."

I stuck to what to said so I think Present tense would be fine.On the contracy if this was the case "I had told you I would beat you up but I didn't."

Am I correct?

Thank you.
  

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" The idea of gangsters violating a "code of conduct" is rather incongruous. Edit: Oh, I guess you mean it was their own code of conduct ...

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  • " The idea of gangsters violating a "code of conduct" is rather incongruous.
  • Edit: Oh, I guess you mean it was their own code of conduct ...
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I punched a few of the gangsters and I said to them "I told you I would beat you up if you violated the code of conduct."

The idea of gangsters violating a "code of conduct" is rather incongruous.

Edit: Oh, I guess you mean it was their own code of conduct ...
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Yes that's how you say it in the past tense but I said it in the present tense and how is it according to the scenario?
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You started: "I punched a few of the gangsters and I say to them ...". The tenses here are inconsistent. I went with the first tense, "punched". You can also say "I punch a few of the gangsters and I say to them ..." However, we don't usually talk like this in the simple present tense. It could also be historical present of course. The second part, "I told you I would b
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No I meant so I already punched them in the face and now I say to them, "I had told you I will beat you up If you voilate any code of conduct." This could be referred to present tense because I m still sticking to what I said so the action is still there.If I did in contrary to what I had said then i would definitely refer it in past tense.
So I m correct?

Thank you teacher.
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"I had told you" is an unnecessary overcomplication here. Just say "I told you".

"I told you I will beat you up if you violate any code of conduct" is possible if the beating up is still threatened but has not yet happened. In your scenario, I thought the beating up had already happened. If it has, use "would".
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