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Haddie Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Tenses?
1)"I simply told them I was trying to figure things out because I didn't know how to tell them I didn't know what I wanted from my life any longer"
2)"I simply told them I was trying to figure things out because I didn't know how to tell them I don't know what I want from my life any longer"
3)"I simply told them I was trying to figure things out because I didn't know how to tell them I didn't know what I want from my life any longer"
What's the difference between these three?
Is there a general rule for choosing the tenses for sentences that involve several different points of time.
2)"I simply told them I was trying to figure things out because I didn't know how to tell them I don't know what I want from my life any longer"
3)"I simply told them I was trying to figure things out because I didn't know how to tell them I didn't know what I want from my life any longer"
What's the difference between these three?
Is there a general rule for choosing the tenses for sentences that involve several different points of time.
Top answer
Haddie Is there a general rule for choosing the tenses for sentences that involve several different points of time. Put them in that time. Haddie What's the difference between these three?
- Haddie Is there a general rule for choosing the tenses for sentences that involve several different points of time.
- Put them in that time.
- Haddie What's the difference between these three?
- I see no difference is what they are trying to say.
- With all those verbs, it is simpler to put them all in the same tense, regressing those that need it (#1).
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HaddieIs there a general rule for choosing the tenses for sentences that involve several different points of time.Put them in that time.
HaddieWhat's the difference between these three?I see no difference is what they are trying to say. With all those verbs, it is simpler to put them all in the same tense, regressing thos
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