Could anyone help me with making the sentence?
Could anyone help me with making the sentence?
I've written following sentence, but I'm not sure it's correct.
"I remember very well when I learnt that there are twelve tenses in English, I was deeply shocked and couldn't say a word".
Should I use "there are" (becouse it's a common fact) or "there were" (becouse I'm writing about the Past)?
Thankful in advance!
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But the sequence of tenses doesn't work like that in English: "When I learnt that Moscow WAS the capital of Russia" does not mean that it no longer is :-)
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You would say "there are" because it is still true. "there were" would mean there are no longer 12 tenses in English.
I hope that helps.
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