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Sesyom Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

mistake

There is a msitake in some of the pink words.In which ?

Before the newspaper became widespread, a town crier

has walked thoughout a village or a town singing out the news .
  

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had walked you need past perfect here, IMO, check the time sequence

  • had walked you need past perfect here, IMO, check the time sequence
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had walked
you need past perfect here, IMO, check the time sequence
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Use walked or used to walk or would walk, not has walked.
The present perfect cannot be used when a particular time is mentioned.
Here, the particular time is "before the newspaper became widespread", so "has walked" is impossible.

CJ
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Sesyomhas walked

had walked

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singing along -------- singing out

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