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Debpriya De Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Tense in subordinate clause

"That will be the biggest mistake you ever made."

Is this sentence grammaticaly correct ?

Shouldn't it be rephrased as "That will be the biggest mistake you have ever made" ?
  

Top answer

" Is this sentence grammaticaly correct ? It's OK. Debpriya De Shouldn't it be rephrased as "That will be the biggest mistake you have ever made" ?

— CalifJim

  • " Is this sentence grammaticaly correct ?
  • It's OK.
  • Debpriya De Shouldn't it be rephrased as "That will be the biggest mistake you have ever made" ?
  • It doesn't have to be rephrased, but this one is also grammatically OK.
  • I would have written this: That will be the biggest mistake you ever make.
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Debpriya De"That will be the biggest mistake you ever made."
Is this sentence grammaticaly correct ?
It's OK.

Debpriya DeShouldn't it be rephrased as "That will be the biggest mistake you have ever made" ?
It doesn't have to be rephrased, but this one is also grammatically OK.

I would have written thi
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How can the first sentence be correct ?

We are saying that something that we will do in the future will be the biggest of all the mistakes we have already made in the past.
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Debpriya DeHow can the first sentence be correct ?
We are saying that something that we will do in the future will be the biggest of all the mistakes we have already made in the past.
How does your rewrite solve that problem? You ask:

Shouldn't it be rephrased as "That will be the biggest mistake you have ever made" ?
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