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Diamondrg Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
during recent years
which tenses can be used with this time phrase?
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Hi, which tenses can be used with this time phrase? My first reaction is to say all the past tenses, although you might have to find special contexts for some of them. Why don't you try to make sentences with each tense, and if you find some that you're not sure of, post them here for us to comment on?
- Hi, which tenses can be used with this time phrase?
- My first reaction is to say all the past tenses, although you might have to find special contexts for some of them.
- Why don't you try to make sentences with each tense, and if you find some that you're not sure of, post them here for us to comment on?
- A more common form of this expression is 'in recent years'.
- Google gives 545,000 hits for 'during .
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Hi,
which tenses can be used with this time phrase? My first reaction is to say all the past tenses, although you might have to find special contexts for some of them.
Why don't you try to make sentences with each tense, and if you find some that you're not sure of, post them here for us to comment on?
A more common form of this expression is
which tenses can be used with this time phrase? My first reaction is to say all the past tenses, although you might have to find special contexts for some of them.
Why don't you try to make sentences with each tense, and if you find some that you're not sure of, post them here for us to comment on?
A more common form of this expression is
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1 b 00 During recent years, many people ---- interested in Turkish music. 02 b 02 br
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00 A) might become 02 br
00 B) are becoming 02 br
00 C) had become 02 br
00 D) would become 02 br
00 E) have become 02 br
00 F) became 02 br
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00 Which ones are correct? 0-
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00 A) might become 02 br
00 B) are becoming 02 br
00 C) had become 02 br
00 D) would become 02 br
00 E) have become 02 br
00 F) became 02 br
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00 Which ones are correct? 0-
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 First, what do you think? 05 0 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Clive 010id 1
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00 First, what do you think? 05 0 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Clive 010id 1
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0 E and F seem to work. I think "during recent years" can be used with both present perfect and simple past. 02 br
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00 Would "might have become" be correct if it was one of the choices? (I think, yes. 05 0 00 ) 010id 1
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00 Would "might have become" be correct if it was one of the choices? (I think, yes. 05 0 00 ) 010id 1
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 E is clearly the answer that the tester is expecting. 02 br
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00 F sounds a little wrong to me when paired with 01 i 01 u 00 During recent years 02 u 02 i 00 . It sounds a bit better if you change the phrase to 01 i 00 01 u 00 In 02 u 00 recent years 02 i 00 , becsause 'during' ref
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00 E is clearly the answer that the tester is expecting. 02 br
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00 F sounds a little wrong to me when paired with 01 i 01 u 00 During recent years 02 u 02 i 00 . It sounds a bit better if you change the phrase to 01 i 00 01 u 00 In 02 u 00 recent years 02 i 00 , becsause 'during' ref
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