I dreamed I had been teleported to another planet

[iamtime]

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]

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]

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. ;-)

b

 

[Rover_KE]

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

Rover

 

[iamtime]

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. ;-)

b

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

 

[iamtime]

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

Rover

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

 

[BobK]

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

Rover

Agreed!

b