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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Tense symmetry in clauses
I am referring to a point in the past.
Although, as I had been studying mathematics and geography at the same time, without doubt there was a mutual dialogue between them, meaning that this perspective could have been influenced by my increasingly reductive and ironically developing mathematical understanding.
Although, as I had been studying mathematics and geography at the same time, without doubt there could have been a mutual dialogue between them, meaning that this perspective could have been influenced by my increasingly reductive and ironically developing mathematical understanding.
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Although, as I was studying mathematics and geography at the same time, without doubt there was a mutual dialogue between them, meaning that this perspective was influenced by my increasingly reductive and ironically developing mathematical understanding.
Although, as I had been studying mathematics and geography at the same time, without doubt there was a mutual dialogue between them, meaning that this perspective could have been influenced by my increasingly reductive and ironically developing mathematical understanding.
Although, as I had been studying mathematics and geography at the same time, without doubt there could have been a mutual dialogue between them, meaning that this perspective could have been influenced by my increasingly reductive and ironically developing mathematical understanding.
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Although, as I was studying mathematics and geography at the same time, without doubt there was a mutual dialogue between them, meaning that this perspective was influenced by my increasingly reductive and ironically developing mathematical understanding.
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Anonymous I am referring to a point in the past. I'm not sure what you mean. If you want express that this happened in the past, use the third one.
- Anonymous I am referring to a point in the past.
- I'm not sure what you mean.
- If you want express that this happened in the past, use the third one.
- , if the past is your reference point of view, and the situation in this sentence is prior to that reference point, then use the first one.
- The second one differs from the others by introducing the concept of uncertainty (could have), so it's not exactly comparable to the others.
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AnonymousI am referring to a point in the past.I'm not sure what you mean. If you want express that this happened in the past, use the third one. If the context that precedes this is in the past, i.e., if the past is your reference point of view, and the situation in this sentence is prior to that reference point, then use the first one.
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