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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Past and present perfect in a sentence with conjunction "so"

Hi. Is this tense combination correct? Thank you for your help in advance.

He felt lousy, so he has not called.
  

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It's not impossible, but these are far more likely: He felt lousy, so he didn't call. He has been feeling losy, so he hasn't called.

  • It's not impossible, but these are far more likely: He felt lousy, so he didn't call.
  • He has been feeling losy, so he hasn't called.
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It's not impossible, but these are far more likely:

He felt lousy, so he didn't call.
He has been feeling losy, so he hasn't called.

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