Incorrect use of tense in these sentences?
A grammar-checking application I use is adamant that use should be used in the following sentence.
She must have known that I never use Skype. That's why she rang me.
Likewise, in the following, it wants to change don't to didn't
She also knew that I don't answer the phone after 9 pm, so she waited until the next morning to call me.
Is either or both of these two sentences incorrect?
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JJDouglas A grammar-checking application I use Don't. For every "correction" it makes that you find questionable, it will slip two bad ones past you. Computers are not capable of grammar.
- JJDouglas A grammar-checking application I use Don't.
- For every "correction" it makes that you find questionable, it will slip two bad ones past you.
- Computers are not capable of grammar.
- Just ask yourself, if they are so smart, why can't they tell a boat from a bus?
- JJDouglas Is either or both of these two sentences incorrect?
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JJDouglasA grammar-checking application I use
Don't. For every "correction" it makes that you find questionable, it will slip two bad ones past you. Computers are not capable of grammar. Just ask yourself, if they are so smart, why can't they tell a boat from a bus?
JJDouglasIs either or both of these two sentences incorrect?
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