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I have a question about the tenses used here.
The Federal Reserve announcement said that growth had accelerated after slowing in the second quarter and that the policy makers remain concerned about the prospects of inflation, even though there are few signs of higher energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far.
Shouldn't it be remained and were, considering "said"?
Please give your views.
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vsuresh Shouldn't it be remained and were, considering "said"? That's the grammar-book solution, and it's not wrong, but here I think the journalist wants to communicate to the reader unequivocally that these conditions apply in the world as it is now. You find this combination of tenses more often in newspaper accounts of current events ("breaking news") than in ordinary conversations.
- vsuresh Shouldn't it be remained and were, considering "said"?
- That's the grammar-book solution, and it's not wrong, but here I think the journalist wants to communicate to the reader unequivocally that these conditions apply in the world as it is now.
- You find this combination of tenses more often in newspaper accounts of current events ("breaking news") than in ordinary conversations.
- CJ
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vsureshShouldn't it be remained and were, considering "said"?
That's the grammar-book solution, and it's not wrong, but here I think the journalist wants to communicate to the reader unequivocally that these conditions apply in the world as it is now.
You find this combination of tenses more often in newspaper accounts of current events ("breaking new
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