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Lcwang Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
present or past tense
Hi:
In the following sentence, shall present tense or past tense be used?
I arrived home safe and sound. The first thing I feel / felt I must do is to write you this e-mail to thank you for the hospitality you extended to me during my stay in .
Regards
In the following sentence, shall present tense or past tense be used?
I arrived home safe and sound. The first thing I feel / felt I must do is to write you this e-mail to thank you for the hospitality you extended to me during my stay in .
Regards
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That's interesting. I would use the past tense and make a couple of corrections to the rest. I believe you are talking about something in the past.
- That's interesting.
- I would use the past tense and make a couple of corrections to the rest.
- I believe you are talking about something in the past.
- I arrived home safe and sound.
- The first thing I felt I must do WAS write you this e-mail to thank you for the hospitality you' d ...
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That's interesting. I would use the past tense and make a couple of corrections to the rest. I believe you are talking about something in the past.
I arrived home safe and sound. The first thing I felt I must do WAS write you this e-mail to thank you for the hospitality you'd ...
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I just arrived home safe and sound. I feel / felt (I still prefer to distance the
I arrived home safe and sound. The first thing I felt I must do WAS write you this e-mail to thank you for the hospitality you'd ...
Or.
I just arrived home safe and sound. I feel / felt (I still prefer to distance the
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