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Jack112 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Have never been

0 Are these correct? What do they mean? 02br
001. I have never been caught before where I 01b00lose02b00 my license. (With 'lose' here, am I saying this for a fact?) 02br
002. I have never been caught before where I 01b00lost02b00 my license. (With 'lost' here, does it refer to my past?) 0-
  

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0 A good strategy is to simplify the sentences. 02br 02br 001. I have never lose my license.

— Chunes

  • 0 A good strategy is to simplify the sentences.
  • 02br 02br 001.
  • I have never lose my license.
  • 02br 002.
  • I have never lost my license.
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0 A good strategy is to simplify the sentences. 02br
02br
001. I have never lose my license. 02br
002. I have never lost my license. 02br
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00As you can see, number one is not correct but number two is. From here, my suggestion would be to reformat the sentence to be more clear. 02br
02br
002. I have never lost my license
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0 Chunes, 02br
00I think that your advice to make things more simple might be good in many situations, for example if you or your sentences were to be assessed, but I don't think jack wanted his sentences to be simplified. I think that he intentionally created such complex sentences to check wether his way of thinking or usage of tenses is correct. 02br
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