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Vince Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

where I last (see) them

0Hi there,02br
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00I was doing this excersise on grammar, and came across this sentence:02br
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01i01b00I lost my keys; I cannot remember where I last (see) them.02b02i02br
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00The assignment is to fill in the appropraite form. I believe the present perfect is the correct form, which would result in this:02br
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01b01i00where I have last seen them 02i02b00or 01b01i00where I have seen them last02i02b00.02br
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00As far as I know in my comprehension of the English language, only the latter one is correct, isn't it? Or is the position of 'last' in the first one also correct?02br
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00Another option would be to use the past tense, resulting in this sentence:02br
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01b01i00where I last saw them02i02b00. 02br
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00This does sound more natural to me, but I'm still doubting whether the use of the past tense and the position of 'last' is correct or not.02br
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00Vince02br
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00(p.s. feel free to correct any other mistakes in this post...)0-
  

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0Hi Vince,02br
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00Well you could use your first two but the most natural option is, I'm afraid, the one you don't like..I can't remember where I last saw them.0-
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0 Nona, but exactly this one sounds more natural to him. Right, Vince? 0-
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0Your question:00 01b01i00I lost my keys; I cannot remember where I last (see) them.02i02b02br
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01b01i00I lost my keys- past tense, it already happend.02i02b02br
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01b01i00I cannot remember where (you are talking now) 00 00I last ( saw00 00) them ( or s
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0 I'd say "I've lost my keys (I can't find them anywhere; no time marker > present perfect)... I can't remember where I last saw them (last = for the last time, set in the past, even if you don't remember > simple past)" 0-
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