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OttoJ Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Was the first time
Can I say this?
-It was the first time that she has (not had here) made such a demonstration (=protest here) at the Vatican in recent years.
Here I'm talking about a past event, so 'was'; since this protest is still the first, the present perfect tense, not the past perfect tense, is used after 'that'. Do you agree with me that the sentence is correct?
-It was the first time that she has (not had here) made such a demonstration (=protest here) at the Vatican in recent years.
Here I'm talking about a past event, so 'was'; since this protest is still the first, the present perfect tense, not the past perfect tense, is used after 'that'. Do you agree with me that the sentence is correct?
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OttoJ Can I say this? It sounds a little 'off'. You'd better match the tenses: 'It is the first time she has' or 'It was the first time she had'.
- OttoJ Can I say this?
- It sounds a little 'off'.
- You'd better match the tenses: 'It is the first time she has' or 'It was the first time she had'.
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OttoJCan I say this?It sounds a little 'off'. You'd better match the tenses: 'It is the first time she has' or 'It was the first time she had'.
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