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Sesquipedalian101 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Drove or Drive
In the following sentence, should the word in bold be "drove" or "drive"?
The petition demands that the government abandon proposals to establish a national vehicle-tracking system that would be used to tax motorists every time they drove their cars.
The petition demands that the government abandon proposals to establish a national vehicle-tracking system that would be used to tax motorists every time they drove their cars.
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Selvakumar In the following sentence, should the word in bold be "drove" or "drive"? The petition demands that the government abandon proposals to establish a national vehicle-tracking system that would be used to tax motorists every time they drove their cars. I would use 'drive'.
- Selvakumar In the following sentence, should the word in bold be "drove" or "drive"?
- The petition demands that the government abandon proposals to establish a national vehicle-tracking system that would be used to tax motorists every time they drove their cars.
- I would use 'drive'.
- I think 'will' should be used instead of 'would'.
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Selvakumar In the following sentence, should the word in bold be "drove" or "drive"?I
The petition demands that the government abandon proposals to establish a national vehicle-tracking system that would be used to tax motorists every time they drove their cars.
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When I first saw the sentence, I too felt that it should have been "drive" but I wonder whether there is any grammtical reason for the switch to the past tense?
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The petition demands that the government abandon proposals to establish a national vehicle-tracking system that would be used to tax motorists every time they drove their cars.
Not correct to use the simple past. I thin
Not correct to use the simple past. I thin
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The sentence was found in "The Economist", a British magazine. I was, however, told that it is correct as written.
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SelvakumarThe sentence was found in "The Economist", a British magazine. I was, however, told that it is correct as written.Let's hear from a native speaker among our members to find out whether the writer is correct.
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