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Hiineedhelp Posted 12 years ago
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Please help me check my tenses!
Please help me check my tenses!
The old man had never fail to bring up a smile on that child's face whenever she saw(?) him.
Should I use the word 'saw' or 'sees' if it had happened over a period of time in the past?
The old man had never fail to bring up a smile on that child's face whenever she saw(?) him.
Should I use the word 'saw' or 'sees' if it had happened over a period of time in the past?
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The old man (had) never fail ed to bring up a smile to that child's face whenever she saw him. Only context can tell whether the verbs are in an appropriate tense, but 'sees' is not a possibility if we are talking about the past.
- The old man (had) never fail ed to bring up a smile to that child's face whenever she saw him.
- Only context can tell whether the verbs are in an appropriate tense, but 'sees' is not a possibility if we are talking about the past.
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The old man (had) never failed to bring up a smile to that child's face whenever she saw him.
Only context can tell whether the verbs are in an appropriate tense, but 'sees' is not a possibility if we are talking about the past.
Only context can tell whether the verbs are in an appropriate tense, but 'sees' is not a possibility if we are talking about the past.
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