Verb tenses

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is this sentence acceptable? do i still follow the rule on the agreement of tenses?

This is her first project that received a positive response?

Is there a rule that in one sentence, only one tense should be used? or still depends on the context?
please explain to me when it is acceptable to use different tenses in one sentence?

Ferdis · Accepted Answer

This is OK. You can definitely use different tenses in one sentence to indicate something happened before or after something else. This is her first project -- lying here on the desk now -- that received a positive resonse -- yesterday.

YoungBuddy · Answer

I never heard that there is such a rule that you can't use more than one tense in the same sentence , on the other hand, there is always a mixing of tenses in order to express the meaning in the best way, i will give you few examples

- The phone rang while i was sleeping ( simple past - past continuous )
- I had left the party before she came ( past perfect - simple past )
- Her eyes are red, she must have cried ( simple present - present perfect)
On the other hand, you can still use the same verb in the same sentence to show that two actions are happening simultaneously, for example
- I was walking down the street while it was raining ( past continuous)

I hope it's clear enough.

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