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"I didn't know she is just a tourist ."is correct ?
"I didn't know she was just a tourist"is more natural?
If I say by this style,should I use same tense?
Past tense➡︎past tense
"I didn't know she is just a tourist ."is correct ?
"I didn't know she was just a tourist"is more natural?
If I say by this style,should I use same tense?
Past tense➡︎past tense
"I didn't know she was just a tourist"is more natural?
If I say by this style,should I use same tense?
Past tense➡︎past tense
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That's an important rule in English, to use the same tenses. We're taught that as children in school too. :)
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That's an important rule in English, to use the same tenses. We're taught that as children in school too. :)
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