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Reegis Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Everyone whose name begins/began with L, stood in a line.

Hello,

please let's have a look at the two sentences:

1) Everyone whose name begins with L, stood in a line.
2) Everyone whose name began with L, stood in a line.

Does either of them sound better or is more correct?
I would guess that they mean the same unless somebody changed his name.
Does the first one highlights the fact that the names are constant and it is the same group of people whose name began with L in the past and begins with L now?
Or maybe 2) is better as the time is consistent?
  

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Reegis 1) Everyone whose name begins with L, stood in a line. 2) Everyone whose name began with L, stood in a line. As is often the case, I have to comment on something that was not even asked, namely that you cannot have a sentence with one comma which stands between the subject and verb of that sentence.

— CalifJim

  • Reegis 1) Everyone whose name begins with L, stood in a line.
  • 2) Everyone whose name began with L, stood in a line.
  • As is often the case, I have to comment on something that was not even asked, namely that you cannot have a sentence with one comma which stands between the subject and verb of that sentence.
  • You need to leave out the comma.
  • Reegis Does either of them sound better or is more correct?
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Reegis1) Everyone whose name begins with L, stood in a line. 2) Everyone whose name began with L, stood in a line.
As is often the case, I have to comment on something that was not even asked, namely that you cannot have a sentence with one comma which stands between the subject and verb of that sentence. You need to leave out the comma.
Reeg
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CalifJimAs is often the case, I have to comment on something that was not even aske
Thanks for this remark! I am more than willing to always get to know when I make a mistake.
CalifJimnamely that you cannot have a sentence with one comma which stands between the subject and verb of that sentence. You need to leave out the comma.
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