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Lissle Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Why dose Charlie thank his friend in the past tense in a letter?

Charlie Brown wants to thank a girl for her helping his baseball team. He is writing a letter to her after she went home. It says, "Dear Patty, I hope you had a nice walk home. I just wanted you to know that I appreciated your coming clear across town to help our team..."

I wonder why he says "I just wanted...I appreciated..." Shouldn't he use the present tense as he "is writing" the letter?
  

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Lissle Shouldn't he use the present tense as he "is writing" the letter? g. you were kind enough to listen to me].

— Mister Micawber

  • Lissle Shouldn't he use the present tense as he "is writing" the letter?
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  • you were kind enough to listen to me].
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Lissle Shouldn't he use the present tense as he "is writing" the letter?
It is a politer form, a hidden conditional: 'I wanted you to know [if e.g. you were kind enough to listen to me].
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Thank you very much for your help. I didn't learn that in school.
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