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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

tense conversion

0You can drive my car as long as you take good care of it.02br
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00Could you help me construct a sentence in past tense which has the same meaning and also maintain the phrase'as long as' ?02br
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00Something like:02br
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00I allowed you to use my car... as long as... 0-
  

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02br 02i 02br 00 or in reported speech:02br 01i 02br 00 I01b 00 said02b 00 that you 01b 00could02b 00 drive my car as long as you 01b 00took02b 00 good care of it02i 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 02br 02i 02br 00 or in reported speech:02br 01i 02br 00 I01b 00 said02b 00 that you 01b 00could02b 00 drive my car as long as you 01b 00took02b 00 good care of it02i 0-
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0 01i00I 01b00allowed02b00 you to use my car only as long as you 01b00took02b00 good care of it.02br
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00 I01b00 said02b00 that you 01b00could02b00 drive my car as long as you 01b00to
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0 BTW, I hope you know ALL of these:02br
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01b00as long as02b00 02br
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00 Function: 01i00conjunction02br
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02i00 01b00102b00 01b00:02b00 during the time that 01b00: 01a
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0Thanks for the detailed explanation.02br
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00I've another question related to 'as long as'02br
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00You can borrow my car as long as you wash it after you [use/used/are done using/have used] it. 02br
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00Which of the choices are correct?0-
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10Thanks for the detailed explanation.12br
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10I've another question related to 'as long as'12br
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10You can borrow my car as long as you wash it after you [use/used/are done using/have used] it. 12br
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10Which of the choices are correct?12br
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