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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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in case + so that
Dear teachers,
Are the following sentences correct ?
a) I HAVE always KEPT candles in the house in case there IS / SHOULD BE is a power cut.
b) I HAD always KEPT candles in the house in case there WAS / SHOULD HAVE BEEN (?) a power cut.
c) In case someone SHOULD ASK / ASKS / ASKED (?) I WAS never here.
d) They are rewriting the proposal SO THAT it not CONTRADICT new zoning laws.
Many thanks,
Hela
Are the following sentences correct ?
a) I HAVE always KEPT candles in the house in case there IS / SHOULD BE is a power cut.
b) I HAD always KEPT candles in the house in case there WAS / SHOULD HAVE BEEN (?) a power cut.
c) In case someone SHOULD ASK / ASKS / ASKED (?) I WAS never here.
d) They are rewriting the proposal SO THAT it not CONTRADICT new zoning laws.
Many thanks,
Hela
Top answer
a) I HAVE always KEPT candles in the house in case there IS / SHOULD BE is a power cut. I would use" is". ) a power cut.
- a) I HAVE always KEPT candles in the house in case there IS / SHOULD BE is a power cut.
- I would use" is".
- ) a power cut.
- I would use "was".
- ) I WAS never here.
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a) I HAVE always KEPT candles in the house in case there IS / SHOULD BE is a power cut. I would use" is".
b) I HAD always KEPT candles in the house in case there WAS / SHOULD HAVE BEEN (?) a power cut. I would use "was".
c) In case someone SHOULD ASK / ASKS / ASKED (?) I WAS never here. Al
b) I HAD always KEPT candles in the house in case there WAS / SHOULD HAVE BEEN (?) a power cut. I would use "was".
c) In case someone SHOULD ASK / ASKS / ASKED (?) I WAS never here. Al
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Actually, all the possible answers in a, b, and c are correct. The differences are shadings of tense and possibility. Your example c does have a word missing--"so that it (does or will) not contradict..."
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