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Originally Posted by Unregistered  My teacher told me that my sentence:
I helped arranged the chairs. - is wrong
she said it should be:
I helped arrange the chairs. - this is right
but why is this correct??? if a sentence is in the past tense shouldnt the 'arranged' be in the past tense too? i asked my teacher why but she said i must just follow her answer.
i want to know why i am wrong. pls help me
from kylene |
Hi Kylene,
"I helped arrange the chairs" is actually a short version of,
"I helped to arrange the chairs",
and after 'to' you don't need any past tense. We only need one past tense to signal that it's finished.