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Offlone Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Present Past tene

If the contexts are general observations:

"Some customers don't pay for the food they order(ed)"
"Tenants must pay for any property damage they cause(ed)"

Should it be present or past tense?
  

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Welcome to the forum, offlone. offlone Some customers don't pay for the food they order(ed). As this is a general observation, I think that 'order', 'ordered' and 'have prdered' are all possible.

— Fivejedjon

  • Welcome to the forum, offlone.
  • offlone Some customers don't pay for the food they order(ed).
  • As this is a general observation, I think that 'order', 'ordered' and 'have prdered' are all possible.
  • offlone Tenants must pay for any property damage they cause(ed).
  • This is an obligation.
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Welcome to the forum, offlone.
offloneSome customers don't pay for the food they order(ed).
As this is a general observation, I think that 'order', 'ordered' and 'have prdered' are all possible.
offloneTenants must pay for any property damage they cause(ed).
This is an obligation. I feel that 'order' is far more likely here.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_deposit

"A security deposit is a sum of money held in trust either as an initial part-payment in a purchasing process (often used to prevent the seller selling an item to someone else during an agreed period of time while the buyer verifies the suitability of
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The mood of that paragraph seems to suggest an obligation.
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The mood of that paragraph seems to suggest an obligation.
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