A puzzling sentence
Find and correct the mistake in the following sentence:
I sold the car which I was bought a year ago.
The answer given by my teacher is : I sold the car which I HAD BOUGHT a year ago.
- What do you think of this answer? Shouldn't it be : I sold the car which I BOUGHT a year ago.
Top answer
Your teacher's answer is grammatically correct. However, "I sold the car which I bought a year ago" also is gramamatically correct. Differences between the two are the verb tenses.
- Your teacher's answer is grammatically correct.
- However, "I sold the car which I bought a year ago" also is gramamatically correct.
- Differences between the two are the verb tenses.
- Either way, the meaning is essentially the same to an English speaker.
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Your teacher's answer is grammatically correct. However, "I sold the car which I bought a year ago" also is gramamatically correct. Differences between the two are the verb tenses. Either way, the meaning is essentially the same to an English speaker.
0Omar AhmedShouldn't it be : I sold the car which I BOUGHT a year ago.
Yes. That would be my answer.
bought a year ago or had bought a year before or had bought the previous year
CJ
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