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Maymhight Posted 20 years ago
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00I came home from school one day to find a strange man in the kitchen. He was making something on the stove, peering intently into a saucepan.02br
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00　‘Who are you? What are you doing here?’ I asked him. 01u00It was a week since my father died.02u02br
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00It has been my understanding that when "since" is used, a main clause should be in the perfect tense.(It had been a week since...)02br
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02br 02br 01i 00It is now 250 years since I was born. 02i 05002br 02br 00 CJ010id1

— CalifJim

  • 02br 02br 01i 00It is now 250 years since I was born.
  • 02i 05002br 02br 00 CJ010id1
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0 In this passage02br
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01i00This happened a week after my father died.02i02br
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00 There is no rule that says you must use a perfect tense if a 01i00since02i00-clause is in the sentence
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0 Thank you very much for your help. 0-
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