I heard ... that is or that was?
I heard some stories related to this subject that is or was you would become workaholic
I am confused what kind of tenses I will be using in this sentence can someone explain it to me.
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Embedding the meta-word "or" with no indication that it is not an actual part of the sentence is confusing. When showing alternatives, it is clearer to use a slash ("/"): I heard some stories related to this subject that is/was you would become workaholic. This sentence is incorrect with either choice.
- Embedding the meta-word "or" with no indication that it is not an actual part of the sentence is confusing.
- When showing alternatives, it is clearer to use a slash ("/"): I heard some stories related to this subject that is/was you would become workaholic.
- This sentence is incorrect with either choice.
- You don't need either "is" or "was", but with these removed the sentence is still a bit awkward to read because of the material intervening between "I heard ...
- that".
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Embedding the meta-word "or" with no indication that it is not an actual part of the sentence is confusing. When showing alternatives, it is clearer to use a slash ("/"):
I heard some stories related to this subject that is/was you would become workaholic.
This sentence is incorrect with either choice. You don't need either "is" or "was", but with these removed the sentence
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