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2Likes- 01-Oct-2011, 02:37 #1
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Mixed Tenses Suppose I talked to a coach about his team's performance. Suppose losing has never made him happy: (Ignoring singular/plural issues..)
"He has never been happy when the team lose."
"He has never been happy when the team lost."
Should it be "lose" or "lost"?
- 01-Oct-2011, 05:17 #2
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Re: Mixed Tenses 'Lose' or 'has lost' are both natural.
- 01-Oct-2011, 05:20 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: Mixed Tenses In that case:
"He has never been happy when the team lose."
"He has never been happy when the team lost."
"He has never been happy when the team has lost."
- 01-Oct-2011, 05:26 #4
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Teacher Re: Mixed Tenses I would not say that 'lost' is wrong. I think that the other two are more likely.
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