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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Was +ing +have managed/managed

Hey I was wondering which one is correct:

He was dying but the doctors have managed to save him.
He was dying but the doctors managed to save him.
  

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Unless the saving is very recent in time, I would use the simple past, managed .

  • Unless the saving is very recent in time, I would use the simple past, managed .
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Unless the saving is very recent in time, I would use the simple past, managed.

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