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Tommyensr Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
about tense
We are talking about what Tom helped me in the past.
"It is/was? gratitude that Tom has/had? ever helped me to do reports when I cannot/could not? finish them in time."
1.) is / was ?
2.) has / had ?
3.) cannot / could not ? or didn't ?
please advice
"It is/was? gratitude that Tom has/had? ever helped me to do reports when I cannot/could not? finish them in time."
1.) is / was ?
2.) has / had ?
3.) cannot / could not ? or didn't ?
please advice
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>We are talking about how Tom helped me in the past. or, better: We are discussing how Tom helped me in the past. >please adviSe
- >We are talking about how Tom helped me in the past.
- or, better: We are discussing how Tom helped me in the past.
- >please adviSe
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>We are talking about how Tom helped me in the past.
or, better:
We are discussing how Tom helped me in the past.
>please adviSe
or, better:
We are discussing how Tom helped me in the past.
>please adviSe
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Hi,
It is/was? gratitude that Tom has/had? ever helped me to do reports when I cannot/could not? finish them in time."
You can't say 'It was gratitude that. . . '. Say this.
I am grateful that Tom has always helped me to do reports when I could not finish them in time.
Best wishes, Clive
It is/was? gratitude that Tom has/had? ever helped me to do reports when I cannot/could not? finish them in time."
You can't say 'It was gratitude that. . . '. Say this.
I am grateful that Tom has always helped me to do reports when I could not finish them in time.
Best wishes, Clive
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that Tom has/had? ever helped meAgain, you are using ever incorrectly. Leave it out.
I think you are trying to say:
I was grateful that Tom (had) helped me to do the reports when I couldn't finish them in time.
CJ
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I understand that
"I was grateful that ..." to show how the feeling at the past time about something happened in the past.
"I am grateful that ..." to show how the feeling at the present moment about something happened in the past.
correct?
Thanks a lot, teachers
"I was grateful that ..." to show how the feeling at the past time about something happened in the past.
"I am grateful that ..." to show how the feeling at the present moment about something happened in the past.
correct?
Thanks a lot, teachers
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"I am grateful that ..." to show how the feeling at the present moment about something happened in the past.Partially. You can be grateful that something happened (before you say so, i.e., in the past), that something is happening (at the time you say so, i.e., in the present), or that something will happen (after you say so, i.e., in the future), but usually it is
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