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Uthebleachi Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Can someone please help?
1) A has / had found B which I feel / felt is very lucky
2) A has / had found B which I feel / felt was very lucky
Can anyone advise me on this two sentenses & explain how & when to use them?
(as in when to use present/past tense in this sentense)
2) A has / had found B which I feel / felt was very lucky
Can anyone advise me on this two sentenses & explain how & when to use them?
(as in when to use present/past tense in this sentense)
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I'd say A has found B, which I feel is very fortunate! Notice the comma after B. This is a non restrictive clause.
- I'd say A has found B, which I feel is very fortunate!
- Notice the comma after B.
- This is a non restrictive clause.
- The adjective should describe the situation (A has found B).
- I wouldn't describe a situation 'lucky'.
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I'd say
A has found B, which I feel is very fortunate!
Notice the comma after B. This is a non restrictive clause. The adjective should describe the situation (A has found B). I wouldn't describe a situation 'lucky'. I'd use the word 'fortunate'.
If your B is a person, you may use 'lucky'. But I would lose 'I feel
A has found B, which I feel is very fortunate!
Notice the comma after B. This is a non restrictive clause. The adjective should describe the situation (A has found B). I wouldn't describe a situation 'lucky'. I'd use the word 'fortunate'.
If your B is a person, you may use 'lucky'. But I would lose 'I feel
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Thank you lagataw for your reply. Can you please also advise me on the three sentenses below. Which is right & which is wrong & when to use them.
1) A had found B, which i felt was very fortunate!
2) A had found B, which I feel is very fortunate!
3) A has found B, which i felt was very fortunate!
1) A had found B, which i felt was very fortunate!
2) A had found B, which I feel is very fortunate!
3) A has found B, which i felt was very fortunate!
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Sorry. I just came back home from a three-day vacation.
All three are correct depending on the states of affairs.
You must remember, though, that the past perfect (had + Vpp) is used with past actions or events that happened before a past time (expression) or another past action.
The tense of relative clauses (here) is not really influenced by the tense of the main clause so you
All three are correct depending on the states of affairs.
You must remember, though, that the past perfect (had + Vpp) is used with past actions or events that happened before a past time (expression) or another past action.
The tense of relative clauses (here) is not really influenced by the tense of the main clause so you
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