Chris Bryant Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Exceeds or exceeded?

I've always seemed to have this drive that exceeds/exceeded that of those around me.

I can't tell. Which one? Thanks!
  

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Chris Bryant I can't tell. Which one? To be practical, it doesn't matter, but technically, it's a matter of matching tenses: I have always seemed ...

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Chris BryantI can't tell. Which one?
To be practical, it doesn't matter, but technically, it's a matter of matching tenses:

I have always seemed ... that exceeds ...
I always seemed ... that exceeded ...

CJ