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ESLearner Posted 13 years ago
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Were...were/Were...are?

Do I say?

"They were too obsessed with things that were too abstract" or "They were too obsessed with things that are too abstract"?

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It's your choice. It resembles optional backshifting in reported speech. The "things" presumably continue to be "too abstract" in the present.

— Avangi

  • It's your choice.
  • It resembles optional backshifting in reported speech.
  • The "things" presumably continue to be "too abstract" in the present.
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It's your choice. It resembles optional backshifting in reported speech. The "things" presumably continue to be "too abstract" in the present.
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