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Daisy Black Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Sequence of tenses in this sentence

Coalhouse was looking right and left trying to find the address were Sara was supposed to live. Finally he was lead the way by the boy who happened to live in the house Coalhouse searched for (or had been searching for).
  

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was searching for OR had been searching for Both are fine. CJ

  • was searching for OR had been searching for Both are fine.
  • CJ
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was searching for OR had been searching for

Both are fine.

CJ
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... he was led the way...

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