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I received an email saying documents are /were [duplicate]
tenses
subordinate-clauses
sequence-of-tenses
backshifting
past-vs-present
"Was" or "is" when comparing? [duplicate]
grammaticality
tenses
past-vs-present
backshifting
When to use the present or the past perfect tense?
present-perfect
backshifting
sequence-of-tenses
present perfect vs past perfect [closed]
backshifting
indirect-speech
sequence-of-tenses
To tell the name of a person I met in the past
past-tense
present-tense
backshifting
past-vs-present
Do tenses in a time clause never back-shift in reported speech?
indirect-speech
backshifting
Was unprecedented or is unprecedented? [duplicate]
grammaticality
tenses
past-vs-present
backshifting
Problem with backshift in reporting clauses
grammar
backshifting
Using past tense when referencing a still-true fact [duplicate]
tenses
past-tense
backshifting
"I didn't know you liked her" or "I didn't know you like her"
tenses
past-tense
backshifting
Past tense or present tense to describe something that 'happened in the past' but is still true? [duplicate]
grammaticality
tenses
past-vs-present
backshifting
"He didn't know where New Jersey was"
grammaticality
tenses
past-vs-present
backshifting
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