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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
SCARED/ WAS or IS
Is this sentence ok?
1 If I had to walk through a contaminated room, I'd be scared not to know which room was/is contaminated and which wasn't/isn't, so I'd hold my breath .
Thank you
1 If I had to walk through a contaminated room, I'd be scared not to know which room was/is contaminated and which wasn't/isn't, so I'd hold my breath .
Thank you
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OK. You could use either the present or past tense (is or was) and make perfect sense. Just be consistent.
- OK.
- You could use either the present or past tense (is or was) and make perfect sense.
- Just be consistent.
- However, the sentence is not quite logical.
- Do you not mean "If I had to walk through a contaminated house ...?
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OK. You could use either the present or past tense (is or was) and make perfect sense. Just be consistent. However, the sentence is not quite logical. Do you not mean "If I had to walk through a contaminated house...? Then you would be talking about rooms within that house. If you mean just one room, then I would rewrite the sentence. For example: If I had to walk through that room
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