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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Tenses for a review

Hi, let us pretend that I am going to write a review of a sort after reading a passage of the Bible. Are these tenses correct?

He went on great detail to record what had done and has done a superb job of writing things that has expired. The characters in the story lived for a long time and had to endure various hardships but came out a winner at the end. This passage has been an inspiration for me in that it inspired me to go out and spread the good news.
  

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) had done and has done a superb job of writing things that has expired (had transpired? ) . The characters in the story lived for a long time and had to endure various hardships but came out a winner (your subject is plural, so the object must be plural, too) at the end.

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  • ) had done and has done a superb job of writing things that has expired (had transpired?
  • ) .
  • The characters in the story lived for a long time and had to endure various hardships but came out a winner (your subject is plural, so the object must be plural, too) at the end.
  • This passage has been an inspiration for me in that it inspired me to go out and spread the good news.
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AnonymousHe went on great detail to record what (who?) had done and has done a superb job of writing things that has expired (had transpired? Expire means to die or to run out of time.). The characters in the story lived for a long time and had to endure various hardships but came out a winner (your subject is plural, so the object must be plural, too)
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AnonymousHe went on in great detail to record/ recording what had been done , and he has done a superb job of / in writing recording things that has have expired transpired (?) . The characters in the story lived for a long time and had to endure various hardships but came out
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