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Hela Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Tense agreement (past)
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Would you please tell me which tenses are correct and acceptable in the following sentences?
Two New Yorkers have accomplished a challenge that most people would have considered / considered impossible - convince a Yellow Cab driver to take them from New York to Los Angeles.
The trip started as a crazy idea that New Jersey resident John Belitsky came / had come up with at his pal's birthday party.
Thank you for your help
Would you please tell me which tenses are correct and acceptable in the following sentences?
Two New Yorkers have accomplished a challenge that most people would have considered / considered impossible - convince a Yellow Cab driver to take them from New York to Los Angeles.
The trip started as a crazy idea that New Jersey resident John Belitsky came / had come up with at his pal's birthday party.
Thank you for your help
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- First, what do you think, please?
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I thought both possibilities could work but with a different meaning I suppose. Is it not the case ?
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Two New Yorkers have accomplished a challenge that most people
would have considered impossible. Choose this. The idea is that it is hypothetical. In reality, most people never considered this challenge
considered impossible Don't choose this. This suggests that most people actually considered this challenge. But this
would have considered impossible. Choose this. The idea is that it is hypothetical. In reality, most people never considered this challenge
considered impossible Don't choose this. This suggests that most people actually considered this challenge. But this
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