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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
knows or knew
Which is correct?
Its almost as if she knew/knows that she isn't/wasn't going to come.
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Its almost as if she knew/knows that she isn't/wasn't going to come.
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These are the most usual combinations: It's almost as if she knew [in the past] that she wasn't going to come [in the past]. It's almost as if she knows [now] that she isn't going to come [in the future].
- These are the most usual combinations: It's almost as if she knew [in the past] that she wasn't going to come [in the past].
- It's almost as if she knows [now] that she isn't going to come [in the future].
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These are the most usual combinations:
It's almost as if she knew [in the past] that she wasn't going to come [in the past].
It's almost as if she knows [now] that she isn't going to come [in the future].
It's almost as if she knew [in the past] that she wasn't going to come [in the past].
It's almost as if she knows [now] that she isn't going to come [in the future].
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Oops, apologies, I overlooked the case of "unreal past". In that case, "It's almost as if she knew that she wasn't going to come" can refer to her present imagined knowledge about a future action.
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