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Jack112 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
In Case
Are both of these okay?
1. I kept this in case I ever need it. ('need' for future?)
2. I kept this in case I ever needed it. ('needed' at the time I thought about it?)
Thanks.
1. I kept this in case I ever need it. ('need' for future?)
2. I kept this in case I ever needed it. ('needed' at the time I thought about it?)
Thanks.
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Precisely, Jack!
- Precisely, Jack!
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Shouldn't we use the present simple for the first one, as we are talking about a permanent situation:
I keep this in case I ever need it.
I keep this in case I ever need it.
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We don't know whether it is permanent, Latin. #2 might be said as the speaker was discarding the item. But I take your point-- if keep were in the present tense in these sentences, then #2 would be odd or impossible.
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