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Tommyensr Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Past simeple tense
I met the sentence in a grammar book.
This sentence is right or wrong please?
--> Last week I found a word, wysiwyg, in a dictionary. It "is" not as peculiar as "I had thought". It "comes" from computers.
i think it should be "was", "I thought", and "came" respectively.
because it goes with past simple tense.
(y) thank you very much.
This sentence is right or wrong please?
--> Last week I found a word, wysiwyg, in a dictionary. It "is" not as peculiar as "I had thought". It "comes" from computers.
i think it should be "was", "I thought", and "came" respectively.
because it goes with past simple tense.
(y) thank you very much.
Top answer
The sentence is fine as it is. The word "wysiwyg" remains generally unpeculiar and it comes generally from computers. Since we use the present tense for things which are globally true, present tense sounds more natural here, though I wouldn't completely rule out "It was not as peculiar as I thought".
- The sentence is fine as it is.
- The word "wysiwyg" remains generally unpeculiar and it comes generally from computers.
- Since we use the present tense for things which are globally true, present tense sounds more natural here, though I wouldn't completely rule out "It was not as peculiar as I thought".
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The sentence is fine as it is.
The word "wysiwyg" remains generally unpeculiar and it comes generally from computers. Since we use the present tense for things which are globally true, present tense sounds more natural here, though I wouldn't completely rule out "It was not as peculiar as I thought".
The word "wysiwyg" remains generally unpeculiar and it comes generally from computers. Since we use the present tense for things which are globally true, present tense sounds more natural here, though I wouldn't completely rule out "It was not as peculiar as I thought".
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