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Warrener Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

"I thought it was" VS "I thought it is"

A: Hi, you took my book, that's my book.
B: Sorry, I thought it was (is) mine.

"I thought it was mine" VS "I thought it is mine", which is correct?
  

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' You need to use past tense 'was' because you used past tense 'thought' in the first part of the sentence. Otherwise, you end up mixing verb tenses.

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  • ' You need to use past tense 'was' because you used past tense 'thought' in the first part of the sentence.
  • Otherwise, you end up mixing verb tenses.
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'I thought it was mine is correct.' You need to use past tense 'was' because you used past tense 'thought' in the first part of the sentence.

Otherwise, you end up mixing verb tenses.
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