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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Please correct this sentence. Thanks.
I often get confuse with using present and past tenses in the same sentence. I especially get confuse when trying to stay in the same tense when using the words 'has' and 'had'. Is there a easy way to remember the rules related to those words? Thanks!
"In the post-revolution era, John realized that he too has lost his influence in the government and is subjected to the same treatment as common people."
"In the post-revolution era, John realized that he too has lost his influence in the government and is subjected to the same treatment as common people."
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You don't have to try to stay in the same tense in a sentence unless the actions happen in the same tense. A single sentence can contain several verb tenses. Your sentence sounds like a fictional narrative, which might read like this : I n the post-revolution era, John realized that he too had lost his influence in the government and was subjected to the same treatment as common people.
- You don't have to try to stay in the same tense in a sentence unless the actions happen in the same tense.
- A single sentence can contain several verb tenses.
- Your sentence sounds like a fictional narrative, which might read like this : I n the post-revolution era, John realized that he too had lost his influence in the government and was subjected to the same treatment as common people.
- Losing his influence happened before his subjection and realization , so it is set in past perfect, while the other 2 are in simple past.
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You don't have to try to stay in the same tense in a sentence unless the actions happen in the same tense. A single sentence can contain several verb tenses.
Your sentence sounds like a fictional narrative, which might read like this:
In the post-revolution era, John realized that he too had lost his influence in the government and was s
You don't have to try to stay in the same tense in a sentence unless the actions happen in the same tense. A single sentence can contain several verb tenses.
Your sentence sounds like a fictional narrative, which might read like this:
In the post-revolution era, John realized that he too had lost his influence in the government and was s
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