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SpoonfedBaby Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

One day, when she (knew/knows) Mrs Potts better, she would ask.

0 Dear Teachers,02br
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00 "Where, she wondered wistfully, did he live, and in what kind of house? One day, when she knew Mrs Potts better, she would ask."02br
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00 Please, I would like to know why the author use "knew" instead of using "knows."02br
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0 Here "she wondered wistfully" is kind of an inserted phrase. The sentence could be rephrase like : 02br 01font 00One day, when she knew Mrs. "02font 02br 00This "when she knew Mrs.

— Paco2004

  • 0 Here "she wondered wistfully" is kind of an inserted phrase.
  • The sentence could be rephrase like : 02br 01font 00One day, when she knew Mrs.
  • "02font 02br 00This "when she knew Mrs.
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0 Here "she wondered wistfully" is kind of an inserted phrase. The sentence could be rephrase like : 02br
01font00One day, when she knew Mrs. Potts better, she would ask (her) "where and in what kind of house does he live?"02font02br
00This "when she knew Mrs. Potts better" is almost the same as "if she knew Mr.Potter", and works as a
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0 The standard sequence of tenses is to pair "will" with the present tense and "would" with the past.02br
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01i00When she knows Mrs. Potts better, she will ask.02br
00 When she knew Mrs. Potts better, she would ask.02i02br
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00 Of the two, the second is chosen because the story is told in the past tense. (Note 01i
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