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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
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Who do you guess it was?

Who do you guess it was?

Who did he guess it was?

Are they all correct sentences?

What does he say he gave her?

What did he say he gave her?

Are they all correct sentences? They are different only in tense, right? Thank you!
  

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Could work, but only if you assume that guessing is simultaneous with being (was). Otherwise, use the past perfect: Who did he guess it had been ?

  • Could work, but only if you assume that guessing is simultaneous with being (was).
  • Otherwise, use the past perfect: Who did he guess it had been ?
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Could work, but only if you assume that guessing is simultaneous with being (was). Otherwise, use the past perfect:

Who did he guess it had been?

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