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Moon7296 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

tense agreement?

Cunningham's legs were badly burned in a schoolhouse fire when he was eight. The doctors predicted he might never walk normally again.

Q) Should we use "might" only, and not "may" to make the tense agreement with "predicted"?
  

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moon7296 Should we use "might" only, and not "may" to make the tense agreement with "predicted"? Yes, yes, yes. Try not to use 'may' in a past-tense context.

— CalifJim

  • moon7296 Should we use "might" only, and not "may" to make the tense agreement with "predicted"?
  • Yes, yes, yes.
  • Try not to use 'may' in a past-tense context.
  • The doctors predict ed that ....
  • might ....
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moon7296Should we use "might" only, and not "may" to make the tense agreement with "predicted"?
Yes, yes, yes. Try not to use 'may' in a past-tense context. The doctors predicted that .... might ....

You can use 'might' in a present-tense context, however. The doctors predict that ... may/might ....

CJ
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Could I ask another question for tense agreement?

Here's the sentences I wrote;
I thought she was pretty when I was her classmate in Grade 6 but when I came across her on the street in a few years I didn't think she is pretty anymore.

Q) I was wondering if the tense underlined is correct. It looks like the present tense is correct strangely but I'm not sure.
Q2) Is
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moon7296I thought she was pretty when I was her classmate in Grade 6 but when I came across her on the street in a few years I didn't think she is pretty anymore.
This should be

I thought she was pretty when I was her classmate in Grade 6, but when I came across her on the street a few years later, I
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