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BoSsSy Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
When are tense shifts allowed?
When are tense shifts allowed? What I know is that you can't mix present and past tenses in a sentence.
Well, I came up with an exception to this:
It's not as bad as I thought.
How do I generally know when a tense shift is grammatically permitted?
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BoSsSy How do I generally know when a tense shift is grammatically permitted? It's probably much easier than you think. It's a matter of logic.
- BoSsSy How do I generally know when a tense shift is grammatically permitted?
- It's probably much easier than you think.
- It's a matter of logic.
- Take your example: It's not as bad (now) as I thought it would be (before now).
- CJ
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BoSsSyHow do I generally know when a tense shift is grammatically permitted?
It's probably much easier than you think. It's a matter of logic. Take your example:
It's not as bad (now) as I thought it would be (before now).
CJ
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BoSsSy What I know is that you can't mix present and past tenses in a sentence.
Forget that! You certainly can mix tenses in a sentence!
You successfully did it yourself in this thread.
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