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Arzamas18 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
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Hello,
Could you tell me if the following sentence is a correct one?
you said that it wouldn't be a problem since you could provide a car till I had bought one myself.
Thanks
Could you tell me if the following sentence is a correct one?
you said that it wouldn't be a problem since you could provide a car till I had bought one myself.
Thanks
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Hi, Could you tell me if the following sentence is a correct one? you said that it wouldn't be a problem since you could provide a car till I had bought one myself. It's incorrect without capitals.
- Hi, Could you tell me if the following sentence is a correct one?
- you said that it wouldn't be a problem since you could provide a car till I had bought one myself.
- It's incorrect without capitals.
- The rest of it is OK, although I'm not sure why you have chosen to use Past Perfect.
- I'd p ut a comma after 'problem'.
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Hi,
Could you tell me if the following sentence is a correct one?
you said that it wouldn't be a problem since you could provide a car till I had bought one myself.
It's incorrect without capitals. The rest of it is OK, although I'm not sure why you have chosen to use Past Perfect.
I'd p
Could you tell me if the following sentence is a correct one?
you said that it wouldn't be a problem since you could provide a car till I had bought one myself.
It's incorrect without capitals. The rest of it is OK, although I'm not sure why you have chosen to use Past Perfect.
I'd p
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The past perfect seems fine (however strict) to me in that context. But yes, as Clive says, not strictly necessary.
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Hi,
I just tried to reverse all the tenses in this sentence to the "past form" because of the sequence of tenses. So, my initial contstruction was: It won't be a problem, since you can provide a car till I have bought one myself. Is the usage of the perfect tense valid in my example? Or will it be better to use the simple tenses e.g. "till I buy"? What kind of difference does it make?
I just tried to reverse all the tenses in this sentence to the "past form" because of the sequence of tenses. So, my initial contstruction was: It won't be a problem, since you can provide a car till I have bought one myself. Is the usage of the perfect tense valid in my example? Or will it be better to use the simple tenses e.g. "till I buy"? What kind of difference does it make?
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>It won't be a problem, since you can provide a car till I have bought one myself.
OK.
OK.
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Arzamas18you said that it wouldn't be a problem since you could provide a carPersonally I prefer it all in the past the way you have it.tilluntil I had bought one myself.
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