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Eipjoo Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Why present tense?
Given the sentence:
"We've just got to make sure we play a clean game, so Snape hasn't got an excuse to pick on us."
I’ve heard that adverbial clauses containing the meaning of time or condition can express future with present tense. But, I think, the example is not the case. Then why does the sentence have the perfect present tense after conjunction so?
"We've just got to make sure we play a clean game, so Snape hasn't got an excuse to pick on us."
I’ve heard that adverbial clauses containing the meaning of time or condition can express future with present tense. But, I think, the example is not the case. Then why does the sentence have the perfect present tense after conjunction so?
Top answer
I think it reflects the way that person thought/felt as he uttered the words. He was probably thinking of what's to be later and up to when the game is over, at which point Snape is to have got no excuse to pick on them.
- I think it reflects the way that person thought/felt as he uttered the words.
- He was probably thinking of what's to be later and up to when the game is over, at which point Snape is to have got no excuse to pick on them.
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I think it reflects the way that person thought/felt as he uttered the words. He was probably thinking of what's to be later and up to when the game is over, at which point Snape is to have got no excuse to pick on them.
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