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Old 12-Jan-2007, 06:32
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which one is correct

money was scarce yesterday

so i had to save money. every penny count
so i had to save money. every penny counted
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Old 12-Jan-2007, 07:27
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Default Re: penny count

You could use either as it's still true that every penny counts (note that there's a mistake in your first sentence) but if you want to focus on that time, then the past tense makes more sense to me.
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