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Grammarwannabe Posted 18 years ago
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this isn't the party I had expected

0 In Hillary's speech she said, "Well, this isn't the party I had expected"02br
00I was asked if this is correct because normally with this form we would use the past tense 02br
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0 If she is at the party now, why would she use the past tense?02br
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0 My ear accepts either one -- 01i00isn't02i00 or 01i00wasn't02i00. The pronoun 01i00this02i00 seems to override the verb tense.02br
00Anyway, only one of two parties is happening "now". The other is "the party I had expected" (earlier, when I was doing "the expecting"). 02br
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0 Perhaps instead of a happy celebration she's speaking of a 01i00political02i00 party, in which case the Democratic Party is sort of eternal. The party, as it 01b00is, is02b00 not what she 01b00had hoped02b00 it to be.02br
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