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Roul Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Present and Past Tense Issues

Do you know where the consultant keeps the research found/findings?

Do you know where the consultant kept the research found/findings?
  

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Do you know where the consultant kept the research found/ findings? Both 'keep' and 'kept' are possible depending on the time of the keeping.

— Fivejedjon

  • Do you know where the consultant kept the research found/ findings?
  • Both 'keep' and 'kept' are possible depending on the time of the keeping.
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roulDo you know where the consultant keeps the research found/findings?Do you know where the consultant kept the research found/findings?
Both 'keep' and 'kept' are possible depending on the time of the keeping.
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roulDo you know where the consultant keeps the research findings?
Where does he usually/regularly keep them?
roulDo you know where the consultant kept the research findings?
Where did he used to keep them?
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"Do you know where the consultant keeps the research findings?" This sentence is correct. The speaker is speaking in present time and wants to see the research findings right away, and expects to see them right away."Do you know where the consultant kept the research findings?" This sentence is also correct. However the meaning is different from the previous sentence. Here the speaker is spe
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I am trying use present tense in my sentence. Why is kept possible in this sentence. isn't it used for past tense?
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Thank you for the explanation and help everyone. This is very helpful for me!
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