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Mountain Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Please check to see if this is correct.

Kristy asks that you guys, especially the helpers for the younger classes, come out to church this saturday at 10 AM to discuss what to do for ****** for our school which is this Sunday. Itll only take about 2 hours MAX so please come out or you will be completely lost and look like real rookies.

Shouldn't "asks" above be "asked" instead? And "I can't go out nor watch TV until I completed/finished my homework." Is the past tense on that sentence correct?

Thanks in advance.
  

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Kristy asks = Kristy is asking It's good.

— Milky

  • Kristy asks = Kristy is asking It's good.
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Kristy asks = Kristy is asking

It's good.
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Milky, thank you for your prompt respond but why would it be "asks" instead of "asked"? I thought Kristy asked whoever wrote the email to deliver the message so therefore it should be "asked". Please enligthen me. Thank you
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It is "asks" because it is happening now. Kristy is asking you to do something now/ in the future.

It would be "asked" if Kristy had wanted to to do something in the past.

Hope that makes sense for you.
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MountainMilky, thank you for your prompt respond but why would it be "asks" instead of "asked"? I thought Kristy asked whoever wrote the email to deliver the message so therefore it should be "asked". Please enligthen me. Thank you
Her request is still pertinent to the situation. Her request has not yet been fulfilled. So, present form is fine. The speake
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Thank you, it all made sense.

" It is "asks" because it is happening now. Kristy is asking you to do something now/ in the future.

It would be "asked" if Kristy had wanted to to do something in the past.

Hope that makes sense for you."

Thank you Anonymou
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