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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Past perfect

1i01b00I thought my son has outgrown that.02b02i02br
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00I think this is totally wrong, altough the tenses sometimes may not be the same. It should be "01i01b00I thought my son had outgrown that02b02i00."02br
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00Am I right?02br
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00Thanks02br
00LiJ0-
  

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0LiJ, I agree with you. 02br 02br 00For example, I thought we were best friends. 0-

  • 0LiJ, I agree with you.
  • 02br 02br 00For example, I thought we were best friends.
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0LiJ, I agree with you. IMO, the tense after I thought must always take the past tense even though the fact still holds.02br
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00For example, I thought we were best friends. 0-
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0Thank you, New2.0-
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01cite10Liveinjapan12cite11i11b10I thought my son has outgrown that.12b12i12br
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10I think this is totally wrong12br
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10Yes. It 01u00is02u00 totally wrong. The past tense of a verb of mental activity or opinion (e.g., 0
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0Thank you, CJ.02br
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00Got it!0-

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