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English 1b3 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Tenses in complex sentence

What we have done in the past is get X to create the artwork, and then they would send this through to us.

What we have done in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they would send this through to us.

What we did in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they would send this through to us.

Which are correct?
Regarding a (if it is correct), why can we use would to express a habit in the past when the previous verbs are present tense (present perfect and present simple)?

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You missed some: What we did in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they sent this through to us. What we would do in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they would send this through to us. They all seem like possible native utterances.

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  • You missed some: What we did in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they sent this through to us.
  • What we would do in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they would send this through to us.
  • They all seem like possible native utterances.
  • We are seldom keeping such close track of our verb forms
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You missed some:

What we did in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they sent this through to us.
What we would do in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they would send this through to us.

They all seem like possible native utterances. We are seldom keeping such close track of our verb
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