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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

ensure with futute

Hi
Please tell me whether this is correct.
She must ensure that all will attend this meeting.
  

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Yes, that sentence is fine, though we might also use this: She must ensure that all attend this meeting.

  • Yes, that sentence is fine, though we might also use this: She must ensure that all attend this meeting.
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Yes, that sentence is fine, though we might also use this:

She must ensure that all attend this meeting.
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Thank you, Sir.

Suresh
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Question:

Does this also apply to past tense? That is:

To ensure the tool is easy to use, he designed it with great care.

Or should it always be past tense in the case after ensure? That is:

To ensure the tool was easy to use, he designed it with great care.

Thanks!
Philip
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AnonymousTo ensure the tool is easy to use, he designed it with great care.
That is fine if the tool still exists.
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Thanks.

So if the paragraph is talking more in past tense: for example:

Based on his observations, he concluded that the team needed a new tool.

There were two primary objectives for this new tool. First, it needed to be robust. Second, it needed to be simple to use.
To ensure the tool is robust, he designed it .... To ensure the tool is easy to use, he desi
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Switching tenses is in itself poor form. Use past tense there.

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