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Old 09-May-2008, 17:01
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Default Re: question of tense

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Originally Posted by Shakespeare's brother View Post
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't: simply match up the tenses that you have outlined: 'planned...finished'; 'plans...finishes'. I wouldn't get too bogged down in conditional rules.
Thank you, Mr Shakespeare.

I think the sentence sounds odd if I say ''Tom planned to work in America when he finished college'. It seems that Tom graduated sometime in the past.

Can you give me some more advice?

Thanks in advance.
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