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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Does this make sense?

I'm writing a story in the past tense and one sentence is:

She didn't wake up yet, and that was okay because when she did, her father would be back home already.

Does that make sense, or should I change it to "She didn't wake up yet, and that was okay because when she does, her father will be back home already."

Thank you.
  

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Anonymous She didn't wake hadn't woken up yet, and that was okay because when she did, her father would be back home already. As corrected. The past perfect shows that her still being asleep preceded her waking up.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous She didn't wake hadn't woken up yet, and that was okay because when she did, her father would be back home already.
  • As corrected.
  • The past perfect shows that her still being asleep preceded her waking up.
  • CJ
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AnonymousShe didn't wake hadn't woken up yet, and that was okay because when she did, her father would be back home already.
As corrected. The past perfect shows that her still being asleep preceded her waking up.

CJ
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