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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
tense question
0 Please look at this and tell me all the tenses make sense. Please note that this is not a real story. 02 br
02 br
00 Hi, yesterday, I went jogging in the park. As I was jogging, I saw a man with a puppy coming toward me. I thought the puppy was cute, so I extened to caress it. Then, suddenly, it jumped and bit my hand. Shocked and surprised, I pulled back my hand and saw a light bitten mark on my hand. The owner of the puppy said that he was sorry that it had occurred and said he 01 u 00 will call 02 u 00 back tomorrow to ask how my hand 01 u 00 is 02 u 00 doing. I said 'OK' and went rushing to a nearby hospital for treatment. 02 br
02 br
00 The thing I am troubled by is the uses of 'will call back' and 'is'. I think it is OK to write them like thoseto express future action but want to be sure. 0-
02 br
00 Hi, yesterday, I went jogging in the park. As I was jogging, I saw a man with a puppy coming toward me. I thought the puppy was cute, so I extened to caress it. Then, suddenly, it jumped and bit my hand. Shocked and surprised, I pulled back my hand and saw a light bitten mark on my hand. The owner of the puppy said that he was sorry that it had occurred and said he 01 u 00 will call 02 u 00 back tomorrow to ask how my hand 01 u 00 is 02 u 00 doing. I said 'OK' and went rushing to a nearby hospital for treatment. 02 br
02 br
00 The thing I am troubled by is the uses of 'will call back' and 'is'. I think it is OK to write them like thoseto express future action but want to be sure. 0-
Top answer
0 You can use those tenses. 02 br 00 Or backshift with 01 i 00 ... 02 i 02 br 02 br 00 I'm not surprised you are troubled by those.
- 0 You can use those tenses.
- 02 br 00 Or backshift with 01 i 00 ...
- 02 i 02 br 02 br 00 I'm not surprised you are troubled by those.
- Even native speakers, I think, find them troublesome.
- 02 br 00 CJ 02 br 00 PS.
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0 You can use those tenses. 02 br
00 Or backshift with 01 i 00 ... said he would call back tomorrow to ask how my hand was doing. 02 i 02 br
02 br
00 I'm not surprised you are troubled by those. Even native speakers, I think, find them troublesome. 02 br
00 CJ 02 br
00 PS. You didn't mention that you gave him your phone number! 0-
00 Or backshift with 01 i 00 ... said he would call back tomorrow to ask how my hand was doing. 02 i 02 br
02 br
00 I'm not surprised you are troubled by those. Even native speakers, I think, find them troublesome. 02 br
00 CJ 02 br
00 PS. You didn't mention that you gave him your phone number! 0-
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