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Teo Posted 8 years ago
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What's the hurry? I thought we had plenty of time.
What's the hurry? I thought we had plenty of time. (Building Your Vocabulary, GEPT Elementary Level, Vol. I, page 168)
Why is it that the first sentence is in the present tense but the second sentence is in the past tense?
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Someone is in a hurry now. The speaker had been thinking that there was no reason to hurry — until now, when he sees someone hurrying. CJ
- Someone is in a hurry now.
- The speaker had been thinking that there was no reason to hurry — until now, when he sees someone hurrying.
- CJ
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Someone is in a hurry now.
The speaker had been thinking that there was no reason to hurry — until now, when he sees someone hurrying.
CJ
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