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Goat Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Relative clause + was

Hi all,

The restaurant was near the airport. (suggests not now, once near the airport. For example 2000)
The restaurant is near the airport.(suggests at present near the airport)
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1)What does the following sentence suggest?
The restaurant where we had dinner was near the airport.

2)Is the following sentece correct?
The restaurant where we had dinner is near the airport.

Regards
tlk
  

Top answer

1) It suggests that in the past there was the restaurant near the airport where you had dinner. All, the airport, restaurant, and your having dinner there, have been buried in the past. We don't know whether the very airport, let alone the restaurant still exist.

— Anonymous

  • 1) It suggests that in the past there was the restaurant near the airport where you had dinner.
  • All, the airport, restaurant, and your having dinner there, have been buried in the past.
  • We don't know whether the very airport, let alone the restaurant still exist.
  • 2) Yes.
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1) It suggests that in the past there was the restaurant near the airport where you had dinner. All, the airport, restaurant, and your having dinner there, have been buried in the past. We don't know whether the very airport, let alone the restaurant still exist.

2) Yes.
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Thanks for your time and help.

Thanks very much Anonymous
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Even if you had dinner as recently as last night, you can still say "it was near the airport."

No one is going to think it was destroyed overnight and no longer exists.

We ate a some little place that was near the airport, and it was actually quite good.

The past tense "was" refers to the time of your eating. It doesn't carry any implications that it's no longer there
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Thanks for your time and help.

Thanks very much Grammar Geek
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