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Re: Any member can give their opinion
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Brad Johnston <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:53:51 -0700
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A couple of days ago, I had a student in my office asking about exactly the same issue. His paper for another class (had been) was marked down about a letter grade for "person" --> "they" shifts, and as he had a different class in which it wouldn't have been an issue ...
 
The past tense of the verb "to be" is was (singular) and were (plural), not "had been".
 


      

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