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Persian Learner Posted 10 years ago
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Check my answer please.

hi.

Yesterday John told Fred that he was at the office..........and suggested they..........in about half an hour.

1) then-meet 2) then-would meet 3) at the moment-meet 4) at the moment-met

I chose #3 but I was wrong.Emotion: tongue tied The answer key shows that #1 is the correct choice. Why? Emotion: crying
  

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"at the moment" refers to the time now. It does not work well when referring to a past time. I don't personally think that "then" works tremendously well either.

— GPY

  • "at the moment" refers to the time now.
  • It does not work well when referring to a past time.
  • I don't personally think that "then" works tremendously well either.
  • I would be tempted to just omit it.
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"at the moment" refers to the time now. It does not work well when referring to a past time.

I don't personally think that "then" works tremendously well either. I would be tempted to just omit it.
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