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Harbinger Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
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00 Please help to check grammatical errors in this sentence: 02 br
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00 1) The pace of economic transformation had to continue. 02 br
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00 2) John had 5 silblings and Mary had ten, so having a large family was always on the cards. 02 br
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00 Question 1: Shouldn't it be "have" instead of "had in above? Since we would want the economic transformation to continue to present date. 02 br
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00 Question 2: When we used "had" here, did it mean we are not sure if John still has 5 silblings and Mary still has 10 siblings? Shouldn't we use " has" here ?? 02 br
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00 Please help to check grammatical errors in this sentence: 02 br
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00 1) The pace of economic transformation had to continue. 02 br
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00 2) John had 5 silblings and Mary had ten, so having a large family was always on the cards. 02 br
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00 Question 1: Shouldn't it be "have" instead of "had in above? Since we would want the economic transformation to continue to present date. 02 br
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00 Question 2: When we used "had" here, did it mean we are not sure if John still has 5 silblings and Mary still has 10 siblings? Shouldn't we use " has" here ?? 02 br
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0 1) 02 br 00 The pace of economic transformation 01 b 00 had 02 b 00 to continue. 01 font 00 Correct, if you think of the past. 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 For present 02 font 02 br 00 The pace of economic transformation 01 b 00 has 02 b 00 to continue.
- 0 1) 02 br 00 The pace of economic transformation 01 b 00 had 02 b 00 to continue.
- 01 font 00 Correct, if you think of the past.
- 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 For present 02 font 02 br 00 The pace of economic transformation 01 b 00 has 02 b 00 to continue.
- 02 br 02 br 00 2).
- 01 font 00 Correct, if you think of the situation as it is now.
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0 1) 02 br
00 The pace of economic transformation 01 b 00 had 02 b 00 to continue. 01 font 00 Correct, if you think of the past. 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 For present 02 font 02 br
00 The pace of economic transformation 01 b 00 has 02 b 00 to con
00 The pace of economic transformation 01 b 00 had 02 b 00 to continue. 01 font 00 Correct, if you think of the past. 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 For present 02 font 02 br
00 The pace of economic transformation 01 b 00 has 02 b 00 to con
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0 Thanks, 02 br
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00 For (1) - So the "had" here is refering to the situation rather than the facts that John has 5 siblings and mary has 10 ?? 02 br
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00 I am confused about using "had" here, since John has 5 silblings is still valid till present, therefore I thought using "has" here is more appropriate. How do you explain ?? 0-
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00 For (1) - So the "had" here is refering to the situation rather than the facts that John has 5 siblings and mary has 10 ?? 02 br
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00 I am confused about using "had" here, since John has 5 silblings is still valid till present, therefore I thought using "has" here is more appropriate. How do you explain ?? 0-
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0 "Has" is correct if you think of it as still being true - but you put "had" in your examples. 0-
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