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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
a question on tense
For the following sentence, I wonder if this is correct? There are two tenses in the sentence. 'Question quality of the work' occurred in the past, so it's a past tense. 'there are a few suggestions' is stating a fact, so is present tense. 'industry is considering' is what the industry is doing, so is present tense also. Does this mix of past tense and current tense in a sentence make sense? Many thanks.
"Although they questioned quality of the work, there are a few suggestions from the review which industry is considering."
"Although they questioned quality of the work, there are a few suggestions from the review which industry is considering."
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Let's look at each clause and the tense of its verb. 1. ) , 2.
- Let's look at each clause and the tense of its verb.
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- there are a few suggestions from the review (The review contains suggestions.
- This was true when the report was written, is true today, and will be true tomorrow.
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Let's look at each clause and the tense of its verb.
1. Although they questioned the quality of the work (This happened in the past, so past tense is OK.),
2. there are a few suggestions from the review (The review contains suggestions. This was true when the report was written, is true today, and will be true tomorrow. This is a universal truth statement. The present te
1. Although they questioned the quality of the work (This happened in the past, so past tense is OK.),
2. there are a few suggestions from the review (The review contains suggestions. This was true when the report was written, is true today, and will be true tomorrow. This is a universal truth statement. The present te
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