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Mordred Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Quick grammar question:

"I was arrogant to assume that everyone is an alien."

"I was arrogant to assume that everyone was an alien."

Are both sentences grammatically correct, or does "is" need to be changed to "was" to maintain tense?
  

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Welcome to English Forums, Mordred.

You will not get answers by bumping your post because to menu viewers, it looks (with 3 posts) as if your question has already been answered. In future, post early or acquire patience, please.

I was arrogant to assume that everyone is an alien.

I was arrogant to assume that everyone was an alien.

Presuming that 'everyone' is

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