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Pleasehelp Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
I bet...
I bet I stopped listening before you did.
And
I bet I've stopped listening before you did.
What tenses are these two sentences in?
And
I bet I've stopped listening before you did.
What tenses are these two sentences in?
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The verbs in your sentences have different tenses. pleasehelp I bet I stopped listening before you did . ) Your second sentence contains a pretty unlikely tense combination, in my opinion.
- The verbs in your sentences have different tenses.
- pleasehelp I bet I stopped listening before you did .
- ) Your second sentence contains a pretty unlikely tense combination, in my opinion.
- In fact, it strikes me as simply being bad grammar: pleasehelp I bet I' ve stopped listening before you did .
- bet = simple present tense have stopped = present perfect (simple) did = simple past tense The verb "bet" is irregular, and the past tense form is also "bet", but using "bet" in the past tense would be more likely with this sort of wording: - I bet I would stop listening before you would.
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The verbs in your sentences have different tenses.
pleasehelpI bet I stopped listening before you did.bet = simple present
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I quoted the exact words off of a Friends episode....
So both of the sentences are considered bad grammar?
So both of the sentences are considered bad grammar?
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The first one is okay.
I guess you could argue that the sentence is in present tense, and the clause, "I stopped etc." is object of the verb.
(Amy didn't say there was anything wrong with it.)
I guess you could argue that the sentence is in present tense, and the clause, "I stopped etc." is object of the verb.
(Amy didn't say there was anything wrong with it.)
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