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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Using past and present tenses in one sentence
Hello to All,
is the following sentence is correct gramaticaaly: Nobody told the you are sick
i am trying to tell a friend ( who is continue to be sick) that nobody told me that he is sick
so my question is possible to use past tense (told) with the prestent tense ( are)??
what are the rules in doing so ??
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is the following sentence is correct gramaticaaly: Nobody told the you are sick
i am trying to tell a friend ( who is continue to be sick) that nobody told me that he is sick
so my question is possible to use past tense (told) with the prestent tense ( are)??
what are the rules in doing so ??
apprecite all the answers
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is the following sentence is correct gramaticaaly: Nobody told the you are sick - - No. It should read: Nobody told me you were sick . OR Nobody told me you are sick .
- is the following sentence is correct gramaticaaly: Nobody told the you are sick - - No.
- It should read: Nobody told me you were sick .
- OR Nobody told me you are sick .
- -- Yes .
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is the following sentence is correct gramaticaaly: Nobody told the you are sick -- No. It should read:
Nobody told me you were sick.
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is the following sentence is correct gramaticaaly: Nobody told the you are sick -- No. It should read:
Nobody told me you were sick.
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Hi. Do you think the rule (it that a rule anyway?) that we can use present in the dependent clause if the condition is still true now for almost most cases no matter what the verb form for the main clause is?
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It is not so much a rule as a tendency of native speakers. Offhand, I'd say yes, it applies generally. No doubt someone will post a sentence refuting my supposition, however.
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It is not so much a rule as a tendency of native speakers. Offhand, I'd say yes, it applies generally. No doubt someone will post a sentence refuting my supposition, however.
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