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Teleostomi Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
"means" "has meant" or "meant"?
Can we replace it with "means" or "meant"?
We've had a very good ripening period at the end of the year, which has meant that we've got beautifully ripe grapes, lots of flavors and character.
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You can replace it with "means", but not with "meant", which would involve changing all the tenses: We had a very good ripening period at the end of the year, which meant that we had beautifully ripe grapes, lots of flavors and character.
- You can replace it with "means", but not with "meant", which would involve changing all the tenses: We had a very good ripening period at the end of the year, which meant that we had beautifully ripe grapes, lots of flavors and character.
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You can replace it with "means", but not with "meant", which would involve changing all the tenses:
We had a very good ripening period at the end of the year, which meant that we had beautifully ripe grapes, lots of flavors and character.
We had a very good ripening period at the end of the year, which meant that we had beautifully ripe grapes, lots of flavors and character.
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I agree with J. Lewis. Look at the logical order of events here.
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TeleostomiCan we also say J Lewis's sentence with "means"?Yes, but then you need to change "had" into "have had."
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