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Taruns1008 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Recruitment was supposed to be completed

#1 Recruitment was supposed to be completed by the end of the last month but is still unfinished because of their incompetence.

Is this sentence correct? A sentence should be in same tense, but it uses past and present indefinite in sentence.

  

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The bold parts are OK. It seems likely that "the end of the last month" should read "the end of last month". taruns1008 A sentence should be in same tense, There is no requirement that the same tense be used throughout a sentence.

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  • The bold parts are OK.
  • It seems likely that "the end of the last month" should read "the end of last month".
  • taruns1008 A sentence should be in same tense, There is no requirement that the same tense be used throughout a sentence.
  • It is not uncommon for sentences to contain different tenses.
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The bold parts are OK.

It seems likely that "the end of the last month" should read "the end of last month".

taruns1008 A sentence should be in same tense,

There is no requirement that the same tense be used throughout a sentence. It is not uncommon for sentences t

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#1 Recruitment was supposed to be completed by the end of the last month but is still unfinished because of their incompetence.

Is this sentence correct? Yes. (Note that 'incompetence' is a very strong word to use.)

A sentence should be in same tense, That's not true. eg Yesterday I met Tom, right now I am talking to Mary and tom

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