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2cool2hear Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Needed vs Needs?
I took this test (http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm) and the answer was "The doctor said that Tom was too sick to go to work and that he needed to stay at home for a couple of days."
The question is, shouldn't it be "The doctor said that Tom was too sick to go work and that he NEEDS (instead of needed) to stay home for a couple days."?
Im trying to improve my English skills. Many thanks in advance.
The question is, shouldn't it be "The doctor said that Tom was too sick to go work and that he NEEDS (instead of needed) to stay home for a couple days."?
Im trying to improve my English skills. Many thanks in advance.
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Hi, 2cool2hear, and welcome to the forums! The sentence is talking about the past, so the past tense must be used: needed. edu/owl/resource/601/01 /
- Hi, 2cool2hear, and welcome to the forums!
- The sentence is talking about the past, so the past tense must be used: needed.
- edu/owl/resource/601/01 /
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Hi, 2cool2hear, and welcome to the forums!
The sentence is talking about the past, so the past tense must be used: needed.
Here you can learn more about verb tenses:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/601/01/
The sentence is talking about the past, so the past tense must be used: needed.
Here you can learn more about verb tenses:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/601/01/
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Thank you for the quick reply! However, I was unable to pull up the link, the URL didn't work?
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