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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Present perfect vs Past vs Past perfect
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Which one is the most common way to say this sentence?
1. I realized that I was an arrogant person.
2. I realized that I have been an arrogant person.
3. I realized that I had been an arrogant person.
4. I have realized that I was an arrogant person.
5. I have realized that I have been an arrogant person.
6. I have realized that I had been an arrogant person.
7. I had realized that I was an arrogant person.
8. I had realized that I have been an arrogant person.
9. I had realized that I had been an arrogant person.
Which one is the most common way to say this sentence?
1. I realized that I was an arrogant person.
2. I realized that I have been an arrogant person.
3. I realized that I had been an arrogant person.
4. I have realized that I was an arrogant person.
5. I have realized that I have been an arrogant person.
6. I have realized that I had been an arrogant person.
7. I had realized that I was an arrogant person.
8. I had realized that I have been an arrogant person.
9. I had realized that I had been an arrogant person.
Top answer
First, let me ask you if you have studied the differences between these 3 tenses, For example, what is the difference between these? 1. Mary cooked dinner.
- First, let me ask you if you have studied the differences between these 3 tenses, For example, what is the difference between these?
- 1.
- Mary cooked dinner.
- 2.
- Mary has cooked dinner.
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First, let me ask you if you have studied the differences between these 3 tenses,
For example, what is the difference between these?
1. Mary cooked dinner.
2. Mary has cooked dinner.
3. Mary had cooked dinner.
If you can explaii that, w can look at your more complicated examples.
OK?
For example, what is the difference between these?
1. Mary cooked dinner.
2. Mary has cooked dinner.
3. Mary had cooked dinner.
If you can explaii that, w can look at your more complicated examples.
OK?
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Anonymousmost common wayI realized that I was an arrogant person.
The second most common combination is probably this:
I realized that I had been an arrogant person.
The rest of them are not at all useful, I'm sorry to say.
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