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donoenglish

#101216 Thu, 19 May 05 05:29 PM

would like to ask in a conversation between 3 people rite...is this wrong?

Andy: Im not going to play football
Mitchel : Oh ok
William : You said your not going to football i dont want to see you there.

Should the said be say? or..

help me to differentiate between present and past tense how come sometimes when we talk about the past we can use present tense :S

donoenglish

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temico

#101284 Thu, 19 May 05 10:36 PM

a)
Andy: I'm not going to play football today.
Mitchel : Oh ok!
William : Since you are not going to football, I don't expect to see you there today.

b)
Andy: I said that I WAS not going to play football YESTERDAY.
Mitchel : I know, I HEARD you.
William : You said that you WERE not going to play football yesterday so I DIDN'T expect to see you there.

Any problem with tenses now??

temico

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Mister Micawber

#101462 Fri, 20 May 05 12:55 PM

Just an incidental comment on your original conversation, Dono: you should be aware that William's comment is extremely rude and suggests that he and Andy have had a bitter quarrel over this topic.

Mister Micawber

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donoenglish

#101527 Fri, 20 May 05 05:50 PM

thanks.

i need help on differentiating between perfect tenses and simple tenses i cant seem to find any differences in them

and for the helping words like would,should,could are these specifically for the past? or we can use it in present tense help me thx

donoenglish

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