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Navk Posted 12 years ago
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Is the following sentence error free or does it have some grammatical error?
Despite its cultural importance, the Daily Gazette lost 70 percent of its subscribers since 1920 and, by 1955, was losing as much as $200,000 a year.
Despite its cultural importance, the Daily Gazette lost 70 percent of its subscribers since 1920 and, by 1955, was losing as much as $200,000 a year.
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There is no clear way to correct the verb tenses as it stands. Please supply the dates between which it lost 70% of its subscribers.
- There is no clear way to correct the verb tenses as it stands.
- Please supply the dates between which it lost 70% of its subscribers.
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There is no clear way to correct the verb tenses as it stands. Please supply the dates between which it lost 70% of its subscribers.
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Further information is not given about the sentence. However, the verb lost is supposed to be incorrect but I can't understand how is it so.
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navk, the verb lost is supposed to be incorrectYes, it should be corrected to 'has/had lost...since' but it is not possible to identify the appropriate choice without further information.
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Can you tell me why should it have a 'has/had'? What is incorrect with just 'lost'?
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'Since' indicates a length of time, not a point in past time.
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