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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The present and past tenses closely together

Hi. Please tell me if the sentences below correct. Let's say they are something a teacher would say to a student regarding his or her homework.

You haven't done your homework correctly. Specifically, you didn't provide the answers to problems 1 to 5.
  

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Sounds natural to me, with one tiny exception as to preposition: the answers to problems 1 through 5.

  • Sounds natural to me, with one tiny exception as to preposition: the answers to problems 1 through 5.
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Sounds natural to me, with one tiny exception as to preposition: the answers to problems 1 through 5.
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I'd just say:
eg You didn't do problems 1 to 5.

Clive
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Philip problems 1 through 5.
The preposition in BrE is 'to'.

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