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Necrophagist Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Past simple

Sue smoked 2 packs a day in 2005. Over the next couple of years, she tried to give up smoking. She was finally able to quit in December of 2015, 10 years later.

Is the bolded verb in the correct tense?

  

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Necrophagist Is the bolded verb in the correct tense? Yes. No problem.

— CalifJim

  • Necrophagist Is the bolded verb in the correct tense?
  • Yes.
  • No problem.
  • The adverbial phrase of time ( over the next couple of years ) clarifies which aspect is intended.
  • CJ
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NecrophagistIs the bolded verb in the correct tense?

Yes. No problem. The adverbial phrase of time (over the next couple of years) clarifies which aspect is intended.

CJ

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