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Navitasan Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Did you know anyone who...

1) When you started work at our office, did you know anyone who died in a car accident?


Can't that sentence mean two things:

1a) When you started work at our office, did you know anyone who had died in a car accident?

1b) When you started work at our office, did you know anyone who would die in a car accident?


Gratefully,

Navi

  

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navitasan Can't that sentence mean two things: Well, technically, yes, but I had to put my thinking cap on to get your second interpretation. navitasan 1a) When you started work at our office, did you know anyone who had died in a car accident? This is a verb-tense snakepit when you start analyzing it.

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navitasanCan't that sentence mean two things:

Well, technically, yes, but I had to put my thinking cap on to get your second interpretation.

navitasan1a) When you started work at our office, did you know anyone who had died in a car accident?

This is a verb-tense snakepit when you start analyzing it. When you look