Quasar
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Here is a grammar error that usually confuses me - Do all verbs in a sentence have to agree in terms of their tenses? I'll give you an example:
We were trying to find a hotel which is close to the park.
"were" is past tense, whereas "is" is present tense, so is the "is" incorrect? If so, then what if I did this:
We were trying to find a hotel which was close to the park.
Wouldn't this suggest that the hotel used to be close to the park but is no longer there? Because if you separate the clause and make it independent, you get:
The hotel was close to the park.
Obviously, I'm trying to say that we were finding a hotel in the past, but the hotel should still be close to the park in the present. Which way is, or how can it be worded correctly to reflect this meaning?
We were trying to find a hotel which is close to the park.
"were" is past tense, whereas "is" is present tense, so is the "is" incorrect? If so, then what if I did this:
We were trying to find a hotel which was close to the park.
Wouldn't this suggest that the hotel used to be close to the park but is no longer there? Because if you separate the clause and make it independent, you get:
The hotel was close to the park.
Obviously, I'm trying to say that we were finding a hotel in the past, but the hotel should still be close to the park in the present. Which way is, or how can it be worded correctly to reflect this meaning?