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Hat gray 40 Posted 9 years ago
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We were meant to be
“I can’t pretend that I am just a friend because I am thinking maybe we were meant to be.”
Shouldn’t it be are meant to be?
Why use were? Is there a difference in meaning with the use of were?
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I think it's a case of future-in-the-past. At some (indeterminate) past time it was predestined that we would "be" (presumably meaning get together as a couple) in the then future. "are" would also work.
- I think it's a case of future-in-the-past.
- At some (indeterminate) past time it was predestined that we would "be" (presumably meaning get together as a couple) in the then future.
- "are" would also work.
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I think it's a case of future-in-the-past. At some (indeterminate) past time it was predestined that we would "be" (presumably meaning get together as a couple) in the then future.
"are" would also work.
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