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Red olive 901 Posted 4 years ago
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Is/was and are/were question

Hi,

At 9am:

Alice: This in program is available to members who are delinquent in their payments before the cut-off date.

At 11am:

Harold: This program, she said, is available to members who are delinquent in their payments before the cut-off date.

Peter: This program, she said, was available to members who were delinquent in their payments before the cut-off date.

Can someone please tell who between Harold and Peter is correct in reporting what Alice said at 9am, and why? Thanks.

  

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red olive 901 This in program is available to members who are delinquent in their payments before the cut-off date. Alice is not being very clear. The phrase "before the cut-off date" is very ambiguous.

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  • red olive 901 This in program is available to members who are delinquent in their payments before the cut-off date.
  • Alice is not being very clear.
  • The phrase "before the cut-off date" is very ambiguous.
  • Does it refer to the program or the delinquency?
  • I would ask Alice to clarify.
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red olive 901This in program is available to members who are delinquent in their payments before the cut-off date.

Alice is not being very clear. The phrase "before the cut-off date" is very ambiguous. Does it refer to the program or the delinquency?

I would ask Alice to clarify.

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