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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

gladiator

The new gladiator would be a fool if he thought he followed the moral code where his world respected.

He demoralized himself by stealing and killing the others in order to survive.

Are they OK?

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Hi, The new gladiator would be a fool if he thought he followed the moral code where his world respected. Are you talking about now, or the past? The new gladiator would be a fool if he thought he was following the moral code which his world respects.

  • Hi, The new gladiator would be a fool if he thought he followed the moral code where his world respected.
  • Are you talking about now, or the past?
  • The new gladiator would be a fool if he thought he was following the moral code which his world respects.
  • He demoralized himself by stealing and killing the others in order to survive.
  • It's grammatical.
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Hi,

The new gladiator would be a fool if he thought he followed the moral code where his world respected.

Are you talking about now, or the past? The new gladiator would be a fool if he thought he was following the moral code which his world respects.

He demoralized himself by stealing and killing the others in o
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Thank you Clive,

Why the verb " respects " is present tense?

Would you tell me what you said " but do you mean specific others, or unspecific others?"
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Hi,

Why the verb " respects " is present tense? Tell me first, please, if your original sentence was talking about present-day gladiators or gladiators in the past, eg 2000 years ago. ie do you want a present tense sentence, or a past tense sentence?

Would you tell me what you said " but do you mean specific others, or unspecific
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Thank you Clive,

I mean it is in the past.

Can I say?

The new gladiator would have been a fool if he had thought he was following the moral code where his world respected.

I mean " the three people over there in the corner".



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where doen't fit here, and Clive has told you that already.

if he had thought he was following
may be replaced by
had he thought
he was following
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Hi,

I mean it is in the past.

Can I say? The new gladiator would have been a fool if he had thought he was following the moral code where his world respected.

This is fine: The new gladiator would have been a fool if he had thought he was following the moral code whic

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