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Which one is ok? 'I found out she is not going this Friday' 'I found out she was not going that Friday' 'I've found out she's not going this Friday'(Friday is in the future). Thanks for help.

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This is a very peculiar collection of alternatives, making the question too localized. And breaking it down into questions that deal with one issue each leaves us with a handful of duplicates. Start by browsing the tags past-vs.-present, this-that, this-next, and present-perfect-vs-simple-past. – RegDwighт♦ Nov 2 '12 at 22:37
I'm not going to vote to reopen, because I think this is General Reference. But there's no difference between #1 & #3 (she's is just a contraction of she is). Regarding past tense in #2, this isn't uncommon - the was there reflects the fact that this information was found out in the past, irrespective about the timeframe of the (potential, now discarded) activity involved. Also, to my mind, the fact that prior to that discovery, she was going. I don't think past tense would be used so often if it weren't in a negating sense like this. – FumbleFingers Nov 2 '12 at 22:39

closed as too localized by RegDwighт♦ Nov 2 '12 at 22:26

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