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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
There has been or There had been ?
The teacher told us that there ......... a mistake on our report.
A. has been
B. had been
I answered B but I'm not sure.
Thank you.
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It should be "a mistake in our report", not "on". Of the two options given I suppose (B) is the better, but in a typical context you would say this: The teacher told us that there was a mistake in our report.
- It should be "a mistake in our report", not "on".
- Of the two options given I suppose (B) is the better, but in a typical context you would say this: The teacher told us that there was a mistake in our report.
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It should be "a mistake in our report", not "on". Of the two options given I suppose (B) is the better, but in a typical context you would say this:
The teacher told us that there was a mistake in our report.
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