English 1b3 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Tenses in complex sentence
What we have done in the past is get X to create the artwork, and then they would send this through to us.
What we have done in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they would send this through to us.
What we did in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they would send this through to us.
Which are correct?
Regarding a (if it is correct), why can we use would to express a habit in the past when the previous verbs are present tense (present perfect and present simple)?
Thank you
What we have done in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they would send this through to us.
What we did in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they would send this through to us.
Which are correct?
Regarding a (if it is correct), why can we use would to express a habit in the past when the previous verbs are present tense (present perfect and present simple)?
Thank you
Top answer
You missed some: What we did in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they sent this through to us. What we would do in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they would send this through to us. They all seem like possible native utterances.
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You missed some:
What we did in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they sent this through to us.
What we would do in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they would send this through to us.
They all seem like possible native utterances. We are seldom keeping such close track of our verb
What we did in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they sent this through to us.
What we would do in the past was get X to create the artwork, and then they would send this through to us.
They all seem like possible native utterances. We are seldom keeping such close track of our verb
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