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Bhikkhu1991 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Present tense and past tense- is/ mean
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00 Dear ..., 02 br
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00 I am sorry that my question 01 u 00 01 b 00 is 02 b 02 u 00 too ambiguous. Actually, I 01 b 00 01 u 00 mean 02 u 02 b 00 that I wish to have a lifetime of happiness other than a lifetime of unhappiness. 02 br
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00 Hello, 02 br
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00 1. Can I use the present tenses for the underlined words 'is' and 'mean' in my explanation? 02 br
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00 2. Can I use the past tense 'was' to replace the underlined word 'is' and the present tense 'mean' unchanged because my question was recorded in a document? 02 br
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00 Thank you. 02 br
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00 With best wishes. 0-
00 A partial letter, 02 br
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00 Dear ..., 02 br
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00 I am sorry that my question 01 u 00 01 b 00 is 02 b 02 u 00 too ambiguous. Actually, I 01 b 00 01 u 00 mean 02 u 02 b 00 that I wish to have a lifetime of happiness other than a lifetime of unhappiness. 02 br
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00 Hello, 02 br
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00 1. Can I use the present tenses for the underlined words 'is' and 'mean' in my explanation? 02 br
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00 2. Can I use the past tense 'was' to replace the underlined word 'is' and the present tense 'mean' unchanged because my question was recorded in a document? 02 br
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00 Thank you. 02 br
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00 With best wishes. 0-
Top answer
0 You posted already once on this matter. Why didn't you continue there? 02 br 02 br 00 You can use both tenses, be consistent: 02 br 01 i 00 is, mean, wish 02 i 00 (if you still hold the same beliefs, and want to stress that) 02 br 01 i 00 was, meant, wished 02 i 00 (if you want to make reference to the previous e-mail, document, and want to clarify it) 0-
- 0 You posted already once on this matter.
- Why didn't you continue there?
- 02 br 02 br 00 You can use both tenses, be consistent: 02 br 01 i 00 is, mean, wish 02 i 00 (if you still hold the same beliefs, and want to stress that) 02 br 01 i 00 was, meant, wished 02 i 00 (if you want to make reference to the previous e-mail, document, and want to clarify it) 0-
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0 You posted already once on this matter. Why didn't you continue there? 02 br
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00 You can use both tenses, be consistent: 02 br
01 i 00 is, mean, wish 02 i 00 (if you still hold the same beliefs, and want to stress that) 02 br
01 i 00 was, meant, wished 02 i 00 (if you want to make reference to the previous e-mail, document,
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00 You can use both tenses, be consistent: 02 br
01 i 00 is, mean, wish 02 i 00 (if you still hold the same beliefs, and want to stress that) 02 br
01 i 00 was, meant, wished 02 i 00 (if you want to make reference to the previous e-mail, document,
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0 Hello Marius Hancu, 02 br
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00 I would like to sincerely thank you for your kind reply. The reason why I did not continue with my previous post is to try to comply with the rules of this forum. In Rule 6, it sipulates: 02 br
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00 6) Posts may be removed for any number of reasons; please keep your posting 01 b 00 on topic 02 b 00 and relev
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00 I would like to sincerely thank you for your kind reply. The reason why I did not continue with my previous post is to try to comply with the rules of this forum. In Rule 6, it sipulates: 02 br
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00 6) Posts may be removed for any number of reasons; please keep your posting 01 b 00 on topic 02 b 00 and relev
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