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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

"As long as..."

As long as the notice is not posted on the news board, people refused to believe the rumor.

Is this sentence correct and natural? What if I added 'will' between 'people' and 'refuse'?

Thank you

PBF
  

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Hi, As long as the notice is not posted on the news board, people refused to believe the rumor. Is this sentence correct and natural? What if I added 'will' between 'people' and 'refuse'?

— Clive

  • Hi, As long as the notice is not posted on the news board, people refused to believe the rumor.
  • Is this sentence correct and natural?
  • What if I added 'will' between 'people' and 'refuse'?
  • The tenses in your example don't fit together.
  • As long as the notice was not posted on the news board, people refused to believe the rumor.
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Hi,

As long as the notice is not posted on the news board, people refused to believe the rumor.

Is this sentence correct and natural? What if I added 'will' between 'people' and 'refuse'?
The tenses in your example don't fit together.

As long as the notice was not posted on the news board, people refused to believe the rumor.
As long as the notice is n
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