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Kingston123 Posted 8 years ago
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Is my sentence correct or not?
Original: We had had that car for ten years before it broke down.
Mine: We have had that car for ten years before it broke down.
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kingston123 Mine: We have had that car for ten years before it broke down. Not possible. The time it broke down specifies a particular time, and you can't mention a particular time in the same sentence that you have the present perfect tense ( have had ).
- kingston123 Mine: We have had that car for ten years before it broke down.
- Not possible.
- The time it broke down specifies a particular time, and you can't mention a particular time in the same sentence that you have the present perfect tense ( have had ).
- CJ
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kingston123Mine: We have had that car for ten years before it broke down.
Not possible. The time it broke down specifies a particular time, and you can't mention a particular time in the same sentence that you have the present perfect tense (have had).
CJ
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