Agreement between a verb and its subject for number and person.
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The future as reported in the past
Is (1) correct, or must it be written as (2)?
John told me yesterday that this contract will not be renewed when it ends next month.
John told me yesterday that this contract would not be ...
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Savings and Costs Verb Treatment
So this has been bothering me for a while in the technical reports that I have been working on. I frequently come across these two sentences:
The energy savings, ES, are estimated to be $100.
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Tense after 'before'
Could you tell me why the tense of the verb after 'before' here is in past, while "I'm" is present?
I never ast for no fill. I never ast to come at all. I'm here before I knew this here was here.
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A majority of those whose family or families
Is "family" both plural and singular? or would I have to say families for the plural form. for example, which of these is the best option:
"A majority of those whose family were unaware of their ...
