Which one of the underlined tense is acceptable?
"I would fly to England and visit a lot of historic places while I stayed/stay there if I had enough time and money."
You can say 'while staying there', 'while I stay there' or 'while I'm there', but you don't need those words. They don't add anything useful.Which one of the underlined tense is acceptable?
True... if you don't stay there, where else do you stay?
I don't think you understood tedtmc's last post. tedtmc is saying that you don't need a phrase like 'during my stay there'.I agree, additional information about place and duration of stay is necessary. You dcould say;
If I had enough time and money, I would fly to England and visit a lot of historic places during my stay there/while I am there.
I don't think you understood tedtmc's last post. tedtmc is saying that you don't need a phrase like 'during my stay there'.
"Stayed" is ok, but "during his stay" is better.My question is concordance of tense but my sentence example was bad.
I made another sentence example.
"If he could come to Japan, I would meet him while he stayed/stays (=during his stay) in Tokyo."
(He cannot come to Japan in fact)
The above is a conditional sentence. My question is which one sounds OK, "stayed" or "stay."
It seems your early interlocutors have put off the hard question.My question is concordance of tense but my sentence example was bad.
I made another sentence example.
"If he could come to Japan, I would meet him while he stayed/stays (=during his stay) in Tokyo."
(He cannot come to Japan in fact)
The above is a conditional sentence. My question is which one sounds OK, "stayed" or "stay."
I made another sentence example.
"If he could come to Japan, I would meet him while he stayed/stays (=during his stay) in Tokyo."
(He cannot come to Japan in fact)
The above is a conditional sentence. My question is which one sounds OK, "stayed" or "stay."