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Chariot Posted 20 years ago
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hope, tense shifting
Please look at this text. "I went to the country on vacation. I had a great time. I hope I can return there again."
Can the blue phrases be written as: I hoped I could return there again.
Can the blue phrases be written as: I hoped I could return there again.
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Yes Simon the Jester by Locke, William J. - Chapter 6 I could only murmur modestly that I hoped I could claim these qualifications. " "So far from it, Madame Brandt," I ...
- Yes Simon the Jester by Locke, William J.
- - Chapter 6 I could only murmur modestly that I hoped I could claim these qualifications.
- " "So far from it, Madame Brandt," I ...
- Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud - Chapter 28 I was afraid he couldn't live long--but I hoped I could nurse him through the winter.
- He seemed pretty well this morning.
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Simon the Jester by Locke, William J. - Chapter 6
Simon the Jester by Locke, William J. - Chapter 6
| I could only murmur modestly that I hoped I could claim these qualifications. "And you don't think me a dreadful woman?" "So far from it, Madame Brandt," I ... |
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«Can the blue phrases be written as: I hoped I could return there again.»
Yes, but the meaning will change. The original hope-sentence means the author hopes to return, right at the moment of speech, whereas the rewritten means he hoped to return when he was on vacation.
Yes, but the meaning will change. The original hope-sentence means the author hopes to return, right at the moment of speech, whereas the rewritten means he hoped to return when he was on vacation.
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