He asked her to contact him if she finds something out.
> He asked her to contact him if she finds something out.
Is everything fine with the use of tenses there?
In the present tense it would be:
> He asks her to contact him if she finds something out.
But just changing both verbs to the past tense makes the sentence sound weird to me:
> He asked her to contact him if she found something out.
Maybe:
> He asked her to contact him if she were to find something out.
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Is everything fine with the use of tenses there? Probably common enough. anonymous > He asked her to contact him if she found something out.
- Is everything fine with the use of tenses there?
- Probably common enough.
- anonymous > He asked her to contact him if she found something out.
- That's the native choice.
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anonymous> He asked her to contact him if she finds something out.Is everything fine with the use of tenses there?
Probably common enough.
anonymous> He asked her to contact him if she found something out.
That's the native choice.
0find something out is a bit unusual. Let's stick to find out something.
You need this:
He asked her to contact him if she finds out something.
That's because you have an implicit imperative (contact).
Contact me if you find out something is reported as He asked her to contact him if she finds out something.
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