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indirect speech [duplicate]
grammaticality
tenses
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backshifting
Is there such a thing as a “past subjunctive”?
grammar
conditionals
subjunctive-mood
subordinate-clauses
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What was/is the name of the person who phoned/had phoned? [duplicate]
grammaticality
tenses
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backshifting
Can I use -ing verbs within a sentence that's in the past tense?
grammaticality
syntactic-analysis
continuous-aspect
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The Information Age and Industrial Revolution "were similar" or "are similar"?
verbs
past-tense
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Graduate or graduated ?
grammar
past-tense
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Do I use "argued" or "argues"? Past or Present? [duplicate]
tenses
writing
writing-style
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Should I use the past tense for things that are still the same as before?
tenses
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I thought...WAS vs. I thought ....IS? [duplicate]
grammaticality
tenses
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backshifting
Using the present tense in recounting past events
differences
tenses
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Which tense should I use when presenting a table of data?
tenses
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paragraphs
research
Indirect speech - which statement is correct? [duplicate]
tenses
subordinate-clauses
sequence-of-tenses
backshifting
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How do I express a time point which is a decade ago, counting from another time point mentioned in a passage?
time
past-vs-present
Does tense change when the narrator (present) writes about what a person (past) could have said about their time?
grammar
tenses
past-tense
syntactic-analysis
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Which one is correct: "was/were dead" or "is/are dead" years ago? [closed]
tenses
be
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Is "what happened is" correct?
tenses
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"They knew what mercy is" vs. "they knew what mercy was"
verbs
tenses
past-tense
present-tense
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In a story written in past tense, is using present tense grammatically correct in the narration?
grammar
usage
tenses
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narration
What's the appropriate tense here? [duplicate]
grammaticality
tenses
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backshifting
I received an email saying documents are /were [duplicate]
tenses
subordinate-clauses
sequence-of-tenses
backshifting
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