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Ayonkhan Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

How to write it correctly in the past tense that I realized something should be done in the future?

Example: I realized our society should reduce the emission of carbon.

or
We thought our team should do it.

I realized (in the past) we should do it in the future (in the future). Is my sentence grammatically correct? Did I maintain the sequence of tenses properly? How to write it correctly?

  

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Ayonkhan Is my sentence grammatically correct? Yes. "should" is a modal verb indicating obligation.

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  • Ayonkhan Is my sentence grammatically correct?
  • Yes.
  • "should" is a modal verb indicating obligation.
  • It is not future.
  • Use "will" for the future.
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Ayonkhan Is my sentence grammatically correct?

Yes.

"should" is a modal verb indicating obligation. It is not future.
Use "will" for the future.

e.g.

I realized that by encouraging the sale of electric vehicles and levying high taxes on gasoline our society will reduce the emission of carbon.

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