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Azz Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Which was what he had to do
Can one say
a. He was singing, which was what he had to do.
b. He was singing, which was what he had to be doing.
c. He was singing, which was what he was supposed to do.
d. He was singing, which was what he was supposed to be doing.
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The tenses match in (b) and (d), but not in (a) and (c). I suppose it would be safer to use (b) and (d), but are (a) and (c) incorrect?
Many thanks.
a. He was singing, which was what he had to do.
b. He was singing, which was what he had to be doing.
c. He was singing, which was what he was supposed to do.
d. He was singing, which was what he was supposed to be doing.
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The tenses match in (b) and (d), but not in (a) and (c). I suppose it would be safer to use (b) and (d), but are (a) and (c) incorrect?
Many thanks.
Top answer
" Your tenses are past progressive simple past simple past They all match; they're all fine.
- " Your tenses are past progressive simple past simple past They all match; they're all fine.
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You have an independent clause with "was singing" (1), a relative clause introduced by "which" with "was" (2), and a relative clause introduced by "what" with either "had" or "was." Your tenses are
They all match; they're all fine.
- past progressive
- simple past
- simple past
They all match; they're all fine.
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