Timeline for "have been" or "were" in this context [duplicate]
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| Aug 7, 2016 at 19:02 | history | closed |
Alan Carmack Em. ColleenV shin JavaLatte |
Duplicate of What is the difference between "were" and "have been"? | |
| Aug 7, 2016 at 1:11 | comment | added | P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica | @MarcoDinatsoli - Please read this link and decide whether you need to use the perfect here. Note the bolded advice: "Don't use the perfect unless you need it." Or try FumbleFingers's answer. Either one will help you. | |
| Aug 6, 2016 at 22:03 | answer | added | user24986 | timeline score: -1 | |
| Aug 6, 2016 at 22:03 | comment | added | Cardinal | @AlanCarmack I do not see any conditional sentences on that link. | |
| Aug 6, 2016 at 21:59 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 6, 2016 at 21:53 | comment | added | Marco Dinatsoli | similar in this context, doesn't mean similar by content, but "my similar" for example, people buy wine and cheese, so they are "similar" but less people buy "laptop and bread" together, (you don't get out of the store having laptop and bread) you got me guys ? | |
| Aug 6, 2016 at 21:53 | comment | added | Cardinal | The only thing that comes to my mind is you would want to say something like this: "Two items are considered similar provided that many people buy them together" | |
| Aug 6, 2016 at 21:38 | comment | added | Marco Dinatsoli | that should be a face so it is always true, not just in the past or in the future, it is always true. but the buying action is in the past of course | |
| Aug 6, 2016 at 21:38 | comment | added | Marco Dinatsoli | @Cardinal great, thanks man, is it clearer now ? | |
| Aug 6, 2016 at 21:32 | comment | added | Marco Dinatsoli | @Cardinal that is a theory we are trying to check. the thing is not in the meaning of the sentence but in the grammar, don't worry about the truth (validity) of the sentence, that is what we are proving | |
| Aug 6, 2016 at 21:31 | comment | added | Marco Dinatsoli | @Cardinal like we assume that two products are similar if many users bought them together. got me please ? | |
| Aug 6, 2016 at 21:30 | history | edited | Marco Dinatsoli | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 6, 2016 at 21:27 | history | asked | Marco Dinatsoli | CC BY-SA 3.0 |