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Fold scarf 101 Posted 3 years ago
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Need or needed help
Does the first one mean you still need help now and the second one means you don’t need help anymore?
1. I did not think you need help.
2. I did not think you needed help.
1. I did not think you need help.
2. I did not think you needed help.
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fold scarf 101 Does the first one mean you still need help now and the second one means you don’t need help anymore? No. They both mean he still needs help, but the first is unlikely in any event, and second can also mean that he needed help in the past and no longer does.
- fold scarf 101 Does the first one mean you still need help now and the second one means you don’t need help anymore?
- No.
- They both mean he still needs help, but the first is unlikely in any event, and second can also mean that he needed help in the past and no longer does.
- " You see, your thinking is in the past either way.
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fold scarf 101 Does the first one mean you still need help now and the second one means you don’t need help anymore?
No. They both mean he still needs help, but the first is unlikely in any event, and second can also mean that he needed help in the past and no longer does. If you need to be place things firmly in the past, you will have to add words, maybe
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fold scarf 1011. I did not think you need help.
2. I did not think you needed help.
You don't want the first one. After introductory clauses of knowing and thinking, match the verb tenses.
Present: I don't
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