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Insuhk Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Please check my sentence.

The report you need to do later should include your idea that you created before you post it.


I think the sentence above has two 'Time of Utterance'. The time of utterance of the whole sentence is the present, but the 'that clause' seems to have a different time of utterance, which is the future.

Do I need to change created to will have created?

or is it ok as it is?


Thanks in advance.

  

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Insuhk Time of Utterance I think that there is only one of these per sentence. You just seem to have some confusion of tenses, due in part to your structuring. Try this: The report you need to do later should include the idea that you create before you post it.

  • Insuhk Time of Utterance I think that there is only one of these per sentence.
  • You just seem to have some confusion of tenses, due in part to your structuring.
  • Try this: The report you need to do later should include the idea that you create before you post it.
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InsuhkTime of Utterance

I think that there is only one of these per sentence. You just seem to have some confusion of tenses, due in part to your structuring. Try this:

The report you need to do later should include the idea that you create before you post it.

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