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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Tense after see
Why is the past not the infinitive used after 'saw'?
"... .The 1970 saw the Arabian gulf countries transformed into modern states."
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anonymous The 1970 Something is wrong here. We don't put "the" before a year. Maybe it's "1970 s "?
- anonymous The 1970 Something is wrong here.
- We don't put "the" before a year.
- Maybe it's "1970 s "?
- anonymous Why is the past ( not the infinitive ) used after 'saw'?
- It's a special use of the verb "see".
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anonymousThe 1970
Something is wrong here. We don't put "the" before a year. Maybe it's "1970s"?
anonymousWhy is the past (not the infinitive) used after 'saw'?
It's a special use of the verb "see". A time period is rega
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