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PreciousJones Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Spaghetti

Talking to a friend's mom:

Jeanie, I really like the spaghetti you made last week. Is this sentence okay?
  

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PreciousJones Jeanie, I really like d the spaghetti you made last week. OK as corrected. You might get away with the present in that case, however, if you follow it immediately by a request for the recipe.

— CalifJim

  • PreciousJones Jeanie, I really like d the spaghetti you made last week.
  • OK as corrected.
  • You might get away with the present in that case, however, if you follow it immediately by a request for the recipe.
  • CJ
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PreciousJonesJeanie, I really liked the spaghetti you made last week.
OK as corrected.

You might get away with the present in that case, however, if you follow it immediately by a request for the recipe.

CJ
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I don't understand what you mean? Please explain further. I thought it was okay to mix tenses as long as it's not done excessively?
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PreciousJonesI thought it was okay to mix tenses as long as it's not done excessively?
One sentence is not enough to determine anything about whether you are "doing it excessively".

If you say you liked the spaghetti, then you are talking about the experience of having eaten the spaghetti. That was something enjoyable in the past.

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