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I think the key phrase here is "in certain cases." I agree that in everday speech or writing, the backshift is usually not necessary, but here are some other examples of when it works and clarifies:
When I arrived, he had already
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Advertisement that is deconstructed. This is a part of of my advertisement deconstruction that I have written (the advertisement is attached), I would really highly appreciate it if you could please proof read it and correct or suggest anything
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Hi, I have a very important written test tomorrow so I was just practising my writing, since it's something I haven't done in a while!
I took this excercise from a sample paper, I'm supposed to write a short story that ends
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One of our staff members, Mr. X, has requested a loan in the amount of $xxxx, for his daughter's marriage expenses / wedding expenses
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...announc es her wedding plans pass es ... Present tense. CJ
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A quick fix for my last post.
"A minute when Terri announc es her wedding plans pass es in complete silence."
Anyone know what this tense is called?
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I see what you're saying about the comma. In some similar structures a comma might be thought desirable:
"It's a shame it rained on this, our wedding day"
"I wouldn't expect this from you, my own wife!"
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They are all possible I guess, but "made a good job in" is the least natural to me. The variants aren't always interchangeable; the choice may depend on the rest of the sentence. Examples:
"He made a good job of that
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Hi everybody,
i always have problem of expressing my thought in Eng. I don't know if the words I chose is good enough, and very often i'm not sure if i'm using the correct grammar.
Pls help to correct and advise better
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Could you please help me with these sentences? 1 What is the worst death/way to die? The worst death is by hanging or drowning. 2 It seems the french don't respect the law not to smoke in public places./the law that states... 3 Big dogs reach
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