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Anshika Goyal

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· 1 Months ago

WHY (Question: 236633.7 )

what is wrong with "i had told him" ???
telling something is a different action, and he doesnt want to participate was just an info that he was telling.
info has nothing to do with the tense of the sentence.
tense of the sentence should be determined by the main action being done by the subject.

Question:

DIRECTIONS: In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

I had told him yesterday (a)/ that I did not (b)/ want to participate in the concert. (c)/ No error (d)

Options:

A) (a)

B) (b)

C) (c)

D) (d)

Solution:

Ex: “It should be “ I told him yesterday that I did not …..”It should be in past simple tense.

sonu

· commented

· 1 Months ago

Yet to be approved!

Pranay SB

· commented

· 1 Months ago

Yesterday/ago like these shouldn't be preceded by 'have/had'. It should be in simple past.

Raviteja

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· 1 Months ago

past action with mention of time in any sentence means, simple past is preferred over other tenses

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