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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
We had to hurry or we'll be late
Hello, I am studying English, and in my English book, a sentence reads, "we had to hurry or we'll be late." I don't understand why "had" is used instead of "have?" It makes sense to me that it should be in the present tense. please help, thank you.
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I agree with you. It is an editor's mistake. It should read 'have to'.
- I agree with you.
- It is an editor's mistake.
- It should read 'have to'.
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I agree with you. It is an editor's mistake. It should read 'have to'.
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I agree with you. It is an editor's mistake. It should read 'have to'.
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Thank you for your reply. is it a typo? Because this is a book for the TOEFL test, and it is a famous one so it shouldnt be a typo.
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Hi,
Or you could say -
"we had to hurry or we'd be late."
"we had to hurry or we'd've been late." (ie we would have been)
Clive
Or you could say -
"we had to hurry or we'd be late."
"we had to hurry or we'd've been late." (ie we would have been)
Clive
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Yes, there are typos in most book if not all books. And I doubt there are any 'famous' TOEFL books-- certainly none that are venerable. Test preparation texts are cranked out very rapidly to accommodate changes in the tests and provide new model tests.
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Yes, there are typos in most book if not all books. And I doubt there are any 'famous' TOEFL books-- certainly none that are venerable. Test preparation texts are cranked out very rapidly to accommodate changes in the tests and provide new model tests.
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