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Lokon Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Can someone help me ?

The Supreme Court was not yet ready to legalize euthanasia, and I imagine that Canada as a country was not yet ready to embrace such a radical idea.

I read this somewhere, and I don't understand why did the writer chose to use was , shouldn't that be is ? Please advice me.

By the way.
chose to use
chose to used

choose to used

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Hi, The Supreme Court was not yet ready to legalize euthanasia, and I imagine that Canada as a country was not yet ready to embrace such a radical idea. I read this somewhere, and I don't understand why did the writer chose to use was , shouldn't that be is ? Please advice me.

— Clive

  • Hi, The Supreme Court was not yet ready to legalize euthanasia, and I imagine that Canada as a country was not yet ready to embrace such a radical idea.
  • I read this somewhere, and I don't understand why did the writer chose to use was , shouldn't that be is ?
  • Please advice me.
  • The writer is speaking of a time in the past, not of the present time.
  • By the way.
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Hi,

The Supreme Court was not yet ready to legalize euthanasia, and I imagine that Canada as a country was not yet ready to embrace such a radical idea.

I read this somewhere, and I don't understand why did the writer chose to use was , shouldn't that be is ? Please advice me. The writer is speaking of a time in the past, not of the present time.

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thanks, i got one more question.
I haven't had chocolate for long time.
Is this correct, I try to express that I had eaten chocolate from past, and haven't eat it for a long time.
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Hi,

thanks, i got one more question.

I haven't had chocolate for a long time. OK

Is this correct, I try to express that I had eaten chocolate from past, and haven't eat it for a long time.

Clive
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