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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Tense

"Perhaps you mean the white one". Assuming this is a response in a dialog, should it be in past or present tense? Thank you.
  

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Anonymous past or present It doesn't matter, but use the past if you are really talking about a past time when it was meant. You mean it or you meant it just now, but you meant it last year. You can't mean it last year.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous past or present It doesn't matter, but use the past if you are really talking about a past time when it was meant.
  • You mean it or you meant it just now, but you meant it last year.
  • You can't mean it last year.
  • CJ
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Anonymouspast or present
It doesn't matter, but use the past if you are really talking about a past time when it was meant.

You mean it or you meant it just now, but you meant it last year. You can't mean it last year.

CJ
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