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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Grammar please correct

Grammar please correct

She didn't turn the right street. It was the street after that she needed to turn.
She didn't come at the right time. I have my mid terms and couldn't spend time with her.
  

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Anonymous...... She didn't turn (at)(int0) the right street. It was the street after that she needed to turn (at)(into ).

  • Anonymous......
  • She didn't turn (at)(int0) the right street.
  • It was the street after that she needed to turn (at)(into ).
  • She didn't come at the right time.
  • I have my mid terms and can't spend time with her.
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Anonymous......She didn't turn (at)(int0) the right street. It was the street after that she needed to turn (at)(into).

She didn't come at the right time. I have my mid terms and can't spend time with her.
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AnonymousShe didn't come at the right time. I have my mid terms and couldn't spend time with her.
I see no problem with the mixing of tenses in this example.
"Having my mid terms" can span a long period of time. It sounds natural to me.
At the time I write this, I'm still having my mid terms. I'm describing an incident which happened a day or two ago
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AvangiAnonymous....She didn't come at the right time. I have my mid terms and couldn't spend time with her.I see no problem with the mixing of tenses in this example.
To me, it's not an issue of mixing tenses. The sentence seems to be talking about the present. 'I have my exams and can't help her. I don't see it as past or conditional.
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canadian45The sentence seems to be talking about the present.
I see your point.
Learners frequently post examples which obviously have a context we're not privy to. It's a constant problem.
(Well, in this particular case we do have some context: There are two sentences, and the first one is simple past.)

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AvangiThere are two sentences, and the first one is simple past.)
Yes, I meant that the second sentence isn't referring to the past and isn't conditional. So I chose "can't".

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