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Why "contained" as a past form is not correct here?
The coordinated subordinate clauses must both be non-finite.
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Why "contained" as a past form is not correct here?
There needs to be parallelism. In the string in question:
... as exemplified in Mexico's constitution,
enacted in 1994
and
______ four of these features.
The two post-modifiers (of the NP 'Mexico'...
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Why "contained" as a past form is not correct here?
The constitution was enacted in 1994, and contained four features. Presumably it's still in force, so it still contains (present tense) them. The gerund acts like an adjective; it's a constitution ...
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