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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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His second stern warning to North Korea in a week, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that if the regime shot a missile targeting any U.S. soil, including Guam, war would follow.

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His second stern warning to North Korea in a week, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that if the regime shoots a missile targeting any U.S. soil, including Guam, war would follow.

Which paragraph is gramatically correct? Or the both are acceptable?

  

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, ... said that if the regime shot a missile ... You could get away with 'shoots', that is, people would understand you, but the one that's really correct is 'shot'.

  • , ...
  • said that if the regime shot a missile ...
  • You could get away with 'shoots', that is, people would understand you, but the one that's really correct is 'shot'.
  • CJ
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In his second stern warning ..., ... said that if the regime shot a missile ...

You could get away with 'shoots', that is, people would understand you, but the one that's really correct is 'shot'.

CJ

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