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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Tense clarifications
I included the following sentence in a document draft: "I built a new query to pull a list of existing customers to use as a prospecting list for cross selling collaboration solutions." A reviewer of the document responded saying I was "mixing tenses within the sentence". I went to the internet and entered the sentence into a grammar checker, which identified no errors.
Based on a response to a previous grammar question, I believe I have two infinitive phrases (starting with "to"). Can somone clarify the situation with the final phrase (starting with "for"). I think it is a prepositional phrase. I have been attempting to research verbs on the interent and I think I have the -ING participle verb form. Am I correct or totally off base?
Thank you very much. Take care and have a great day!
Art
Based on a response to a previous grammar question, I believe I have two infinitive phrases (starting with "to"). Can somone clarify the situation with the final phrase (starting with "for"). I think it is a prepositional phrase. I have been attempting to research verbs on the interent and I think I have the -ING participle verb form. Am I correct or totally off base?
Thank you very much. Take care and have a great day!
Art
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Hi, I included the following sentence in a document draft: " I built a new query to pull a list of existing customers to use as a prospecting list for cross selling collaboration solutions. " A reviewer of the document responded saying I was "mixing tenses within the sentence". I went to the internet and entered the sentence into a grammar checker, which identified no errors.
- Hi, I included the following sentence in a document draft: " I built a new query to pull a list of existing customers to use as a prospecting list for cross selling collaboration solutions.
- " A reviewer of the document responded saying I was "mixing tenses within the sentence".
- I went to the internet and entered the sentence into a grammar checker, which identified no errors.
- I don't see any tense errors.
- Based on a response to a previous grammar question, I believe I have two infinitive phrases (starting with "to").
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Hi,
I included the following sentence in a document draft: "I built a new query to pull a list of existing customers to use as a prospecting list for cross selling collaboration solutions." A reviewer of the document responded saying I was "mixing tenses within the sentence". I went to the internet and entered the sentence into a grammar checker, which identified no errors. I don'
I included the following sentence in a document draft: "I built a new query to pull a list of existing customers to use as a prospecting list for cross selling collaboration solutions." A reviewer of the document responded saying I was "mixing tenses within the sentence". I went to the internet and entered the sentence into a grammar checker, which identified no errors. I don'
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Thank you very much, Clive. I'll definitely take your advice on simplifying my sentences and making them easier to understand.
Could you clarify the tense situation in your suggested revision?
I built a new query to pull a list of existing customers . We can prospect with this, in order to cross-sell collaboration solutions.
Could you clarify the tense situation in your suggested revision?
I built a new query to pull a list of existing customers . We can prospect with this, in order to cross-sell collaboration solutions.
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Hi again,
My understanding is the tense has to remain the same throughout a paragraph. I now think my understanding may be incorrect. Yes, definitely not correct. There's no such rule about tenses.
eg Obama visited Mexico last month. Today he visits Palestine. Next month he will visit France.
Best wishes, Clive
My understanding is the tense has to remain the same throughout a paragraph. I now think my understanding may be incorrect. Yes, definitely not correct. There's no such rule about tenses.
eg Obama visited Mexico last month. Today he visits Palestine. Next month he will visit France.
Best wishes, Clive
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