Do you always need to have past tenses after the word 'knew" in sentences?
I knew he did it.
I think I learned from fourms here that with certain "feeling" words that denote one-time occurances, past tenses are what are normally used like this.
I felt he was angry/happy.
Top answer
Yes. knew, felt, and thought are three examples of past tense verb forms that are followed by clauses in the past tense nearly 100% of the time. CJ
— CalifJim
Yes.
knew, felt, and thought are three examples of past tense verb forms that are followed by clauses in the past tense nearly 100% of the time.
CJ
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