http://www.englishforums.com/English/BasicEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum43.htmFor Basic English ONLY. Please post only <b><font color=red>easy</font></b> questions and answers here.enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/dcjml/post.htm#263247Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:03:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:263247Nef0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/dcjml/post.htm#263247http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments43-263247.xmlAnonymous wrote: Dear Group, Are the tenses in this sentence correct? "MY 70-year-old mother has been diabetic for the past 10 years and the drugs prescribed to her had affected her kidneys." Please comment, thank you. Regards, Jeeva MY 70-year-old mother has been diabetic for the past 10 years The idea is that she has been diabetic and still is diabetic. and the drugs prescribed to her had affected her kidneys. The idea is that the drugs affected her kidneys in the past, but aren't affecting her kidneys now . ---------- If her kidneys are still affected, you could say and the drugs prescribed to her have affected her kidneyshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/dcjml/post.htmSun, 26 Apr 2009 02:03:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:263205Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/dcjml/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments43-263205.xmlDear Group, Are the tenses in this sentence correct? "MY 70-year-old mother has been diabetic for the past 10 years and the drugs prescribed to her had affected her kidneys." Please comment, thank you. Regards, Jeeva