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Lucas21c Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Tense

I found the following sentence in a text.
Could you tell me whether its grammar is right?
Thank you.

The culprit was arrested by the police who conceal himself.
  

Top answer

The culprit was arrested by the police (man) who (had) conceal ed himself.

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  • The culprit was arrested by the police (man) who (had) conceal ed himself.
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The culprit was arrested by the police(man) who (had) concealed himself.
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No, it’s not correct. I would suggest The culprit was arrested by the policeman/police officer, who had concealed his identity.
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The question is whether the policeman hid himself or hid his identity. Intentionally or not, the original post used "himself".
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Considering the whole writing (though I didn't post it), the policeman was hiding himself under or behind something before he arrested the culprit.
So, here, I have to use "concealed" or "had concealed" instead of "conceal," right?
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lucas21cSo, here, I have to use "concealed" or "had concealed" instead of "conceal," right?
Yes. I prefer had.
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