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Leonie Sto Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
is/was supposed to
Is it possible to say "This incident is supposed to have a world-changing effect on medicine" when one is talking about the past? Like the incident already happened about 200 years ago but it had a significant effect on medicine. Or do I have to say that it WAS supposed to have.. ?
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Use the past.
- Use the past.
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Also, consider this.
This incident was supposed to have a world-changing effect on medicine . . .
Supposed to suggests that it probably didn't.
This incident had a world-changing effect on medicine . . . This states it as a fact.
This incident was supposed to have a world-changing effect on medicine . . .
Supposed to suggests that it probably didn't.
This incident had a world-changing effect on medicine . . . This states it as a fact.
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