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In the following context, what’s a difference between “was” and”is”, and which is more correct?
I apologize that there “was”/“is” my mistake in the attachment of my last e-mail. I’m sending you a revised version. Please replace the previous one with this.
In the following context, what’s a difference between “was” and”is”, and which is more correct?
I apologize that there “was”/“is” my mistake in the attachment of my last e-mail. I’m sending you a revised version. Please replace the previous one with this.
I apologize that there “was”/“is” my mistake in the attachment of my last e-mail. I’m sending you a revised version. Please replace the previous one with this.
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The words is and was are both conjugations of the auxiliary verb “to be.” We use is in the present tense, and we use was in the past tense. So it means the correct word that you need to replace is this:
''I apologize that there was a mistake in the attachment of my last e-mail.''
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