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Inchoateknowledge Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

tense question

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00You are reading a letter from your friend:02br
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00I had arrived two hours before I am writing this letter.02br
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00Do you object to the use of tenses above?02br
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00Thanks0-
  

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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10Hello12br
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10You are reading a letter from your friend:12br
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10I had arrived two hours before I am writing this letter12br
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10Do you object to the use of tenses above?12br
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10Thanks12br
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0Hi Yong02br
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00No. I mean what I wrote there0-
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0Hi Incho02br
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00Why are you now called "Piedone"?0-
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0 In my opinion it should be better "I arrived two hours before I started writing this letter". Before I am writing for me is not good, because "writing" is a continuous action and before should have a fixed reference in time. "had arrived", on the other hand, could also be good depending on the context, I think.0-
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10You are reading a letter from your friend 11font10which says12font10:12br
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10I had arrived two hours before I am writing this letter.12br
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10Do you object to the use of tenses 11font10
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0 thank you for the opinions 0-
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01cite10Piedone12cite10Hi Yong12br
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10No. I mean what I wrote there12br
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10Sorry for having misunderstood you.02br
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01b00You are reading a letter from your friend: (I read the colon as a full stop. That's the reason for my quering
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