I dreamed I had been teleported to another planet

iamtime · Feb 26, 2011

Hi,

Could you please advise which one is the correct English?

1.
I had a dream last night that I had been teleported to another planet to live with humanoid aliens.

2.
I had a dream last night in which I had been teleported to another planet to live with humanoid aliens.

Should I use have been teleported or had been teleported in a dream scenario?

Thanks.

Barb_D · Feb 26, 2011

No, you can either use "was teleported" or "had been teleported" but not "have been" teleported.

If when the dream started you were already there, use "had been" because it was a past action before the rest of the dream (which you would also tell in the past) took place.

BobK · Feb 26, 2011

In 1. 'that' is wrong. I'm not a fan of 'in which', though it's clearer than 'that...in' (where the separation between the that and the in is great. I'd break it up into two sentences or two co-ordinate clauses: 'I had a dream last night, and in my dream I had...' - had is right. ;-)

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Rover_KE · Feb 26, 2011

Iamtime, your thread title is better than either of your alternative sentences.

Rover

iamtime · Feb 27, 2011

BobK said:
In 1. 'that' is wrong. I'm not a fan of 'in which', though it's clearer than 'that...in' (where the separation between the that and the in is great. I'd break it up into two sentences or two co-ordinate clauses: 'I had a dream last night, and in my dream I had...' - had is right. ;-)

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Thank you. I should learn to break up all my long sentences! lol

iamtime · Feb 27, 2011

Rover_KE said:
Iamtime, your thread title is better than either of your alternative sentences.

Rover

Thanks Rover. I think the same too! :-D

BobK · Feb 27, 2011

Rover_KE said:
Iamtime, your thread title is better than either of your alternative sentences.

Rover

Agreed!

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