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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Tenses!!!!

0 Would it be gramatically correct to write:02br
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00I am questioning the fact that there is both present and past tenses involved. Would that be grammatically allowed?0-
  

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0 You came home and found a letter from a friend. You read and wrote him back a letter. You can say"01font 00I 02font 01font 01font 00am very02font 00 happy 01font 00to have received02font 00 your letter".

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  • 0 You came home and found a letter from a friend.
  • You read and wrote him back a letter.
  • You can say"01font 00I 02font 01font 01font 00am very02font 00 happy 01font 00to have received02font 00 your letter".
  • 02font 00It's perfectly fine.
  • The present + present perfect tense combination structure is quite common.
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0 You came home and found a letter from a friend. You read and wrote him back a letter. You can say"01font00I 02font01font01font00am very02font00 happy 01font00to have received02font00 your letter". 02font00It's perfectly fine
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10No. There's no past tense here. The perfect infinitive 01i00to have received02i00 shows anteriority, but it's not a past tense. This combination is just fine. No problem.02br
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