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26 Nov 2020
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I finally received the grammar book I bought from the U.K.. Although I have read a book suggesting students not study grammar, now that I think about it, it won’t hurt to be nerdy sometimes XD does it sound natural?
I finally received the grammar book I bought from the U.K.. Although I have read a book suggesting students not study grammar, now that I think about it, it won’t hurt to be nerdy sometimes XD does it sound natural?
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26 Nov 2020
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@Christine0724
If you say, ‘I have read’ it’s incorrect because you are talking about two different actions, one that happened first (I had read) and one that happened second (I think).
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“I have read a book suggesting students not to study grammar but now that I think about it, I guess it won’t hurt to be nerdy sometimes”
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@Christine0724
Change ‘Although I have read’ to ‘Although I had read’.
Otherwise, good!
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@juliaanne Thanks so much :) By the way, I wonder what’s the difference between these two.
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@Christine0724
If you say, ‘I have read’ it’s incorrect because you are talking about two different actions, one that happened first (I had read) and one that happened second (I think).
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@juliaanne How about “I read” in the past tense? Does it work as well?
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@Christine0724
Definitely! Good job!
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You’re welcome!
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