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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Present perfect and simple past in one sentence

Hi,

Can I write: "You have been kind to us so we decided to buy you a gift."

My question is: there's no rule that says that because I used the present perfect in the beginning of the sentence, I have to use it everywhere else, is there? I mean it doesn't have to be "we HAVE decided", right?

  

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" My question is: there's no rule that says that because I used the present perfect in the beginning of the sentence, I have to use it everywhere else, is there? I mean it doesn't have to be "we HAVE decided", right? Right.

— CalifJim

  • " My question is: there's no rule that says that because I used the present perfect in the beginning of the sentence, I have to use it everywhere else, is there?
  • I mean it doesn't have to be "we HAVE decided", right?
  • Right.
  • CJ
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anonymous

Hi,

Can I write: "You have been kind to us so we decided to buy you a gift."

My question is: there's no rule that says that because I used the present perfect in the beginning of the sentence, I have to use it everywhere else, is there? I mean it doesn't have to be "we HAVE decided", right?

Right.

CJ

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