Coordination?
We do not need to consciously attend to a problem constantly for the brain to continue searching for patterns and relationships along the way to a solution. No doubt you have experienced trying to solve a problem and, unable to make nay progress because of distractions, decided to stop working on it.
Q : Does 'decided' refer to the past tense or the past participle ?
ex) you decided to stop working on it (??)
ex) you (have) decided to stop working on it (??)
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Hoony Q : Does 'decided' refer to the past tense or the past participle ? It could be either one. The scope of the auxiliary verb 'have' extends to 'decided', so 'have decided' may be intended.
- Hoony Q : Does 'decided' refer to the past tense or the past participle ?
- It could be either one.
- The scope of the auxiliary verb 'have' extends to 'decided', so 'have decided' may be intended.
- Even so, the past tense 'decided' can stand on its own to form a grammatical phrase, so that may be intended.
- CJ
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HoonyQ : Does 'decided' refer to the past tense or the past participle ?
It could be either one.
The scope of the auxiliary verb 'have' extends to 'decided', so 'have decided' may be intended.
Even so, the past tense 'decided' can stand on its own to form a grammatical phrase, so that may be intended.
CJ
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