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Zunayeed Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Related to past aND PRESENT TENSE

He fought attemps to exploit migrant farm workers

if fought is past tense, why there is attempts, why not ATTEMPT ? what is the structure of the stentence in this case ?

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Welcome to EnglishForward! zunayeed He fought attemp t s to exploit migrant farm workers . I f fought is past tense, why is attem pt s there , why not attempt?

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  • zunayeed He fought attemp t s to exploit migrant farm workers .
  • I f fought is past tense, why is attem pt s there , why not attempt?
  • That has nothing to do with past tense.
  • "attempts" means that there was more than one attempt.
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Welcome to EnglishForward!
zunayeedHe fought attempts to exploit migrant farm workers.


If fought is past tense, why is
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I meant structure of the stentence.

'He fought attempts '

above portion seems ambiguous . I thought it is causitive form. Here, 'attempts' is adjective. Am I right ? I, especially, appreciate the second reply for you mentioned attempts means more than one try.So, he fought attempts means he many times.

Thanks for correcting my mistakes in sentences.
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I meant structure of the stentence.

'He fought attempts '

above portion seems ambiguous . I thought it is causitive form. Here, 'attempts' is adjective. Am I right ? I, especially, appreciate the second reply for you mentioned attempts means more than one try.So, he fought attempts means he many times fought.

Thanks for correcting my mistakes in sentences.
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He fought attempts to exploit migrant farm workers.
zunayeedI meant structure of the stentence.
'He fought attempts'

Don't leave a space between the last word and the punctuation mark.

above portion seems ambiguous. It's not ambiguous.

He(subject) fough
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