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Hi, there
Could you help me with two questions?
1) Someome is telling a story about a scam: Do "It was only when I got back to the hotel that it started to click what had happened. A quick google search confirmed I had been scammed. But have I though?/But was I though?/But had I though? ... I mean, I ordered a knock-off suit and I got one."... Should I say "But have I though?" "But was I though?" Or "But had I though?"
2) Do you say "The thing that he was about to do was (to) open a diary"? Was open or was to open a diary?
Thank you!!
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Hi, there Could you help me with two questions? 1) Someome is telling a story about a scam: Do "It was only when I got back to the hotel that it started to click what had happened. A quick google search confirmed I had been scammed. But had I though? ... I mean, I ordered a knock-off suit and I got one."... Should I say "But have I though?" "But was I though?" Or "But had I though?" 2) Do you say "The thing that he was about to do was open a diary"? Was open or was to open a diary? Thank you!!
1) really, all three options could be used and no one would say anything. However, since you originally used "i HAD been scanned," I would use "had I though" to be consistent.
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1) Since the previous sentence was "had been" scammed, the best way to phrase the following sentence is "But had I been?"
2) Since you already say "to" earlier in the sentence, just say "was open" -- but to be honest, both sound strange. Write: "He was about to open a diary."
Keep up the good work!
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What is the context? It's not clear whether what you wrote is from a short story, reporting what happened to you to someone else or maybe a letter of complaint?
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