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StevenukdDear Teachers,

1. I really feel so ashamed when I had to tell lies for them.

- Is this natural?

Thanks very much to Teachers,

Stevenukd.

I really feel so ashamed that I had to tell lies for them.

Or 'I really feel so ashamed when I have to tell lies for them.'

LoojkaOr 'I really feel so ashamed when I have to tell lies for them.'

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I really feel so ashamed that I had to tell lies for them. (The sentence 'I really feel so ashamed when I had to tell lies for them' in the earlier post was a carele

Yoong Liat

LoojkaOr 'I really feel so ashamed when I have to tell lies for them.'

I really feel so ashamed that I had to tell lies for them. (The sentence 'I really feel so ashamed when I had to tell lies for them' in the earlier post was a careless mistake; 'had' should have been used.)

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StevenukdDear Teachers,

1. I really feel so ashamed when I had to tell lies for them.

- Is this natural?

Thanks very much to Teachers,

Stevenukd.

I agree with MH:

I really felt so ashamed when I had to tell lies for them.

You have to use the past tense, because it happened

Loojka

Yoong Liat

LoojkaOr 'I really feel so ashamed when I have to tell lies for them.'

I really feel so ashamed that I had to tell lies for them. (The sentence 'I really feel so ashamed when I had to tell lies for them' in the earlier post was a careless mistake; 'had' should have been use

That's why I asked The problem was in 'when/that', not in 'had'

My take...

Past tense or present depends on the context. If one is feeling ashamed because of something he has found out about his past, like his family was involved in drug trade, present should be the right tense. If we talk about his feeling in the past, then by all means, past tense is used.

Also when you say "I feel so ashamed when I ....." , "

LoojkaThat's why I asked The problem was in 'when/that', not in 'had'