Timeline for Tense used when describing the object of a past tense action
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| Feb 5, 2013 at 9:43 | comment | added | Golden Cuy | So you're saying "I joined a site ..." is inappropriate, while "I have joined a site ..." is appropriate? | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 11:01 | history | edited | Mark Robinson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 26, 2013 at 14:43 | comment | added | barbara beeton | It almost seems that we are not looking at the same sentences. In both the first and second examples, the relevant verb is "is"; "was" is in the third example. Your reference to No 2 uses the "was" sentence in its explanation, and states that "was" is wrong because it says the site is no longer focused on learning English. To me, that points to No 3, not to No 2. I agree with the explanation, just not with the reference to No 2. | |
| Jan 26, 2013 at 14:29 | comment | added | Mistu4u | With all due respect @barbarabeeton, I can see the first highlighted sentences are the parent, the second (I joined a site which is....) and third highlighted sentence (I joined a site which was....) s are one of OP's options. So I took his first option as 1 and his second one as no 2 | |
| Jan 26, 2013 at 14:25 | comment | added | barbara beeton | In the question, the third example has the text attributed here to No 2, and the explanation you give (which is a good one) is more applicable to No 3. According to this explanation, and ignoring the number designations, the second example is the appropriate one. So there's a contradiction. | |
| S Jan 26, 2013 at 13:57 | history | edited | Mistu4u | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
changed reference from 2 to 3; removed redundant (and unwanted) "is"; added "that" twice; small rephrasing
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| S Jan 26, 2013 at 13:57 | history | suggested | barbara beeton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
changed reference from 2 to 3; removed redundant (and unwanted) "is"; added "that" twice; small rephrasing
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| Jan 26, 2013 at 7:55 | history | edited | Mistu4u | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 26, 2013 at 7:49 | history | answered | Mistu4u | CC BY-SA 3.0 |