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Mohammad Yousefi Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Tense after past continuous ?

Hi every body

I am confused. does this sentence make sense?

" I was buying the product but a message comes up that has mentioned "you are not eligible to buy" "

Should I use peresent tense for underlined verb or I can use both present and past for this sentence?

King Regards.
  

Top answer

Please note the marks: Mohammad Yousefi Hi every body I suppose you were making this purchase online, right? The tense was the problem. Once you establish the past tense in a descriptive context, the verbs that follow should be likewise, unlike the repoted speech which works with more flexibly.

— Dimsumexpress

  • Please note the marks: Mohammad Yousefi Hi every body I suppose you were making this purchase online, right?
  • The tense was the problem.
  • Once you establish the past tense in a descriptive context, the verbs that follow should be likewise, unlike the repoted speech which works with more flexibly.
  • So here is a more natural alternative: " I was buying / purchasing a product but a message / popped / came up telling / informing/ advising me that "you are not eligible to buy" ".
  • Kin d Regards.
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Please note the marks:
Mohammad YousefiHi every body
I suppose you were making this purchase online, right? The tense was the problem. Once you establish the past tense in a descriptive context, the verbs that follow should be likewise, unlike the repoted speech which
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I think this is ok:

I was buying the product but there was message came up that read " You are not eligible to buy."

'Came' is all right here as you are reporting what happened. You can see that 'came' agrees with 'was buying'
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Hi vsuresh,
vsuresh I think this is ok: I was buying the product but there was message came up that read " You are not eligible to buy."
No it is not so. The construction "There was" cannot be used with past tense, but a present participl
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Thank you, dimsumexpress.

I'm afraid I did not check it.
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