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I wanted to write to him but he moved and I .......... have his address.
What should go here? I thought it would be 'didn't' (agreeing with the 'wanted to write'- past tense) but the answer key says 'don't'. I realize that perhaps I still don't have his address now but shouldn't I match the 'wanted to', i.e. I don't have the desire to write to him anymore? If not, why not- can anyone explain please and perhaps give other similar examples.
Thanks
What should go here? I thought it would be 'didn't' (agreeing with the 'wanted to write'- past tense) but the answer key says 'don't'. I realize that perhaps I still don't have his address now but shouldn't I match the 'wanted to', i.e. I don't have the desire to write to him anymore? If not, why not- can anyone explain please and perhaps give other similar examples.
Thanks
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Hi, I wanted to write to him but he moved and I .. have his address. What should go here?
- Hi, I wanted to write to him but he moved and I ..
- have his address.
- What should go here?
- I thought it would be 'didn't' (agreeing with the 'wanted to write'- past tense) but the answer key says 'don't'.
- I realize that perhaps I still don't have his address now Yes, that's the idea but shouldn't I match the 'wanted to', You can, but we often don't if the whole scenario is quite recent.
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Hi,
I wanted to write to him but he moved and I .. have his address.
What should go here? I thought it would be 'didn't' (agreeing with the 'wanted to write'- past tense) but the answer key says 'don't'. I realize that perhaps I still don't have his address now Yes, that's the idea
but shouldn't I match the 'wanted to', You can, but we often don't if the whole scenario
I wanted to write to him but he moved and I .. have his address.
What should go here? I thought it would be 'didn't' (agreeing with the 'wanted to write'- past tense) but the answer key says 'don't'. I realize that perhaps I still don't have his address now Yes, that's the idea
but shouldn't I match the 'wanted to', You can, but we often don't if the whole scenario
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