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“I didn't know that Mary was an adult education student” — does this imply she no longer is one? [duplicate]
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He didn’t know where New Jersey was
“They knew what mercy is” vs. “they knew what mercy was”
Should we use past tense in "Lugo admitted he is the father"?
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Explanation for “them's”
Recently someone said to me:
Them's the rules
I thought he had the sentence wrong, but as it turns out it is slang. I am learning English as a second language and I would really appreciate if ...
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“A number of students” vs. “the number of students” [duplicate]
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A number of questions “has been” or “have been” asked?
From the grammatical view both are correct, but please explain the difference in meaning:
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Is the past tense correct in “Did you know Fred was a doctor?” [duplicate]
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He didn't know where New Jersey was…
Tense change: previous actions on something that's currently true
My wife and I were disagreeing about this today:
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