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Necrophagist Posted 9 years ago
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Someone tries to get someone to confess about everything they've done.

They say: Did you really think you could trick me into talking about everything I had/have done.

Which one and why?

  

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Necrophagist Someone tries to get someone to confess about everything they've done. They say: Did you really think you could trick me into talking about everything I had/have done. Which one and why?

  • Necrophagist Someone tries to get someone to confess about everything they've done.
  • They say: Did you really think you could trick me into talking about everything I had/have done.
  • Which one and why?
  • "had done" is in line with the sequence of tenses.
  • You used the past simple in the main clause Did you really think so consequently the verbs in the subordinate clause you could trick me into talking about everything I had done are in the past tenses.
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Necrophagist

Someone tries to get someone to confess about everything they've done.

They say: Did you really think you could trick me into talking about everything I had/have done.

Which one and why?


"had done" is in line with the sequence of tenses. You used the past simple in the main clause Did you really think so consequent

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