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About a sentence/help
Message from jumirrat posted on 07-06-2012 at 17:11:07 (D | E | F)
Hello,

Could you please help me?
He thought there are many valuable things.
Is the sentence right?
Thank you for your answers.

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Edited by lucile83 on 07-06-2012 17:53

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Re: About a sentence/help from gerondif, posted on 07-06-2012 at 17:22:44 (D | E)
Hello,

He thought there are many valuable things. - Is the sentence right? No,the second verb(to be) should be in the preterite.(since your "are" seems to be in italics, I suppose it was the verb you had to put into the right tense. If not, see notrepere's answer)

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Re: About a sentence/help from notrepere, posted on 07-06-2012 at 18:48:21 (D | E)
Hello

Or: He thinks there are many valuable things.

The choice depends on the context.

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Re: About a sentence/help from a_limon, posted on 07-06-2012 at 19:27:56 (D | E)
Hello! "He thought" is the main clause the verb of which is used in past tense. That is why,in your sentence,the verb "be" of the subordinate clause "(that) there were many valuable things." has to be in one of the past tense too. So, one must use the verb "were" here.

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Edited by a_limon on 07-06-2012 19:28


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Edited by a_limon on 08-06-2012 00:04

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