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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 19 years ago
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Should I use mean or meant here? Could you tell me when to use which? Thank

0 Should I use01i00 mean 02i00or 01i00meant 02i00here? Could you tell me when to use which? Thank you. 02br
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00Kent: He went to the park, didn't he?02br
00Jeff: No, he went to the oval.02br
00Kent: That's what I01font00 meant/mean02font00. 02br
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00Best wishes,02br
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0 What do you think? Should your previous sentence be considered past or present?0-
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0 01font00Remember this, because it's very important: 02br
00 English normally requires 01b00past after past 02b00(in reported speech, etc)02font00. Thus 01b00meant. 02br
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02b00However, if you want to emphasize that you 01b00still02b00 mean that, you
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0Thanks for replying to my post, Marius Hancu, CalifJim and Bohek05002br
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01font00 English normally requires past after past (in reported speech, etc)02font00. Thus 02b00meant. 02br
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00Sorry, but I don't really understand what you mean by 01i00past after past02i0
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0 Hi 00Peaceblinkfriend,02br
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00I really don't see either as wrong. It just a matter of the speaker's perspective; does he see consider what he said 2 seconds earlier as a past event or a current one?02br
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0 Usually, use01b00 past tense02b00 after 01b00past tense02b00 in your sentences.01b00 02b0-
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