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Jack112 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Present Perfect
If my friend didn't want to buy somethings he wanted and he still doesn't, do I use #2 to ask a question about that?
1. What have you been wanting all along but didn't want to buy it yourself?
2. What have you been wanting all along but haven't wanted to buy it yourself?
Thanks.
1. What have you been wanting all along but didn't want to buy it yourself?
2. What have you been wanting all along but haven't wanted to buy it yourself?
Thanks.
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1. Uses tense simplification in the subordinate. Recommended by Swan if things are clear (I think they are).
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- Uses tense simplification in the subordinate.
- Recommended by Swan if things are clear (I think they are).
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- No tense simplification.
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1. Uses tense simplification in the subordinate. Recommended by Swan if things are clear (I think they are).
2. No tense simplification. If you want to be absolutely clear/strict.
3. Another possibility:
What have you been wanting all along but don't want to buy yourself?
which definitely makes clear his position is still valid.
2. No tense simplification. If you want to be absolutely clear/strict.
3. Another possibility:
What have you been wanting all along but don't want to buy yourself?
which definitely makes clear his position is still valid.
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1. The fastest I have ever gone in this car is 220km/h.
2. The fastest I have ever gone in this car was 220km/h.
A better sentence of #2:
3. The fastest I ever went in this car was 220km/h.
So for #4, is it not appropriate to use 'have had' since the rest of the sentence is in past tense?
4. I was
2. The fastest I have ever gone in this car was 220km/h.
A better sentence of #2:
3. The fastest I ever went in this car was 220km/h.
So for #4, is it not appropriate to use 'have had' since the rest of the sentence is in past tense?
4. I was
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1. The fastest I have ever gone in this car is 220km/h. Good!
2. The fastest I have ever gone in this car was 220km/h. Not so good.
A better sentence of (for) #2:
3. The fastest I ever went in this car was 220km/h.
2. The fastest I have ever gone in this car was 220km/h. Not so good.
A better sentence of (for) #2:
3. The fastest I ever went in this car was 220km/h.
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