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Latest post Wed, Jun 25 2008 3:06 PM by Huevos. 2 replies.
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Vincent Teo  +  532358 Wed, 25 Jun 08 02:52 PM
Can I say,

(a) She was happy because she has a new book yesterday.

(b) She was happy because she has a new book.
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optilang  +  532372 Wed, 25 Jun 08 03:02 PM
(a) She was happy because she has a new book yesterday.

(b) She was happy because she has a new book.



She was happy because she had a new book yesterday.

She is happy because she has a new book
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Huevos, 1 yr 150 days ago
optilang
“She is happy because she has a new book”
Context is everything but "was" works just fine here too.
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