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Tinanam0102 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Sentence corrections: I thought you wanted / had wanted
Hi teachers,
Would you correct the sentences regarding time sequence below? Thank you.
1. Up until now, I thought you wanted to go to the medical school. I had no idea you want to be an artist.
2. Up until now, I thought you had wanted to go to the medical school. I had no idea you want to be an artist.
Do "I thought you wanted / had wanted" both convey the same time seqence?
Thank you.
TN
Would you correct the sentences regarding time sequence below? Thank you.
1. Up until now, I thought you wanted to go to the medical school. I had no idea you want to be an artist.
2. Up until now, I thought you had wanted to go to the medical school. I had no idea you want to be an artist.
Do "I thought you wanted / had wanted" both convey the same time seqence?
Thank you.
TN
Top answer
1. Up until now, I thought you wanted to go to medical school. I had no idea you wanted/want to be an artist.
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- Up until now, I thought you wanted to go to medical school.
- I had no idea you wanted/want to be an artist.
- 2.
- Up until now, I thought you had wanted to go to medical school.
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1. Up until now, I thought you wanted to go to medical school. I had no idea you wanted/want to be an artist.
2. Up until now, I thought you had wanted to go to medical school. I had no idea you wanted/want to be an artist.
3. Up until now, I had thought you wanted to go to medical school. I had no idea you wanted/want to
2. Up until now, I thought you had wanted to go to medical school. I had no idea you wanted/want to be an artist.
3. Up until now, I had thought you wanted to go to medical school. I had no idea you wanted/want to
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Dear Mister Micawber,
1. Up until now, I thought you wanted to go to medical school. I had no idea you wanted/want to be an artist.
2. Up until now, I thought you had wanted to go to medical school. I had no idea you wanted/want to be an artist.
3. Up until now, I had thought you wanted to go to medical sch
1. Up until now, I thought you wanted to go to medical school. I had no idea you wanted/want to be an artist.
2. Up until now, I thought you had wanted to go to medical school. I had no idea you wanted/want to be an artist.
3. Up until now, I had thought you wanted to go to medical sch
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They do to me, Tinanam. The past perfect is a dying verb form and is useful only in limited cases where the precedence of past events would really be unclear without it. In other uses as here-- where the logical sequence of events is evident-- it is just an exercise for EFL students.
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Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you for the explanation.
While we're on this subject, could I ask you to correct the following time sequence based off conversation between John and Jane? Conversations as follows:
Jane does not show up for work. Showing concerned, John calls Jane on the phone because he thought Jane was coming to work.
John: Jane, I th
Thank you for the explanation.
While we're on this subject, could I ask you to correct the following time sequence based off conversation between John and Jane? Conversations as follows:
Jane does not show up for work. Showing concerned, John calls Jane on the phone because he thought Jane was coming to work.
John: Jane, I th
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Last Wednesday Jane didn't show up for work. John thought she'd be / she was working that Wednesday. Concerned, John called Jane, and she told him that she was sorry because her little one was having trouble swallowing and she needed to stay home to take care of him. She said she would make up the work later in the week.
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