Two present perfect tenses in a question
Hello,
I have these sentences:
"Have you ever found an apple and eaten it?"
"Have you ever been walking doing the street and thinking about something very important?"
In these two sentences, both verbs' forms agree with the present perfect simple/continuous tense. The speaker is asking whether someone did these two activities one after the other (or simultaneously).
But in this sentence:
"Have you ever been walking down the street and (seen/saw) someone who looked suspicious?"
I am just confused about the tenses. If we were to use the form "seen", it wouldn't work, because there is the present perfect continuous. If we used the form "saw", it might work, but then there is the problem that the second sentence is a question too, and we don't have the auxiliary verb "did" in it.
If someone could comment on this or possibly come up with a solution, I would be really grateful.
Top answer
Have you ever been walking down the street? Have you ever seen someone who looked suspicious? Have you ever been walking down the street and seen someone who looked suspicious?
- Have you ever been walking down the street?
- Have you ever seen someone who looked suspicious?
- Have you ever been walking down the street and seen someone who looked suspicious?
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