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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Are the tenses correct?

Is this sentence correct? Most importantly are the tense used correct?
When it's been a while since a person has gone up the stairs, they squeak.

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Anonymous are the tense used correct? Yes. Anonymous Is this sentence correct?

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous are the tense used correct?
  • Yes.
  • Anonymous Is this sentence correct?
  • Not exactly.
  • Here is what it seems to say: When it's been a while since a person has gone up the stairs, that person squeaks.
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Anonymousare the tense used correct?
Yes.
AnonymousIs this sentence correct?
Not exactly. Here is what it seems to say:

When it's been a while since a person has gone up the stairs, that person squeaks.

The indefinite expression "a person" can be referenced by the non-gendered singular pronoun "they".
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