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Peter is John's boss. To get to the room where they work, he has to pass through a corridor. While passing through it, he notices that one of the bulbs there has burned out. After entering the room and taking off his coat, Peter addresses John:
John, I was walking down the corridor and noticed that one of the bulbs there has burned out. Could you please have the janitor replace it?
Are the tenses in bold used correctly in the example that I made up? "Has burned" doesn't need to be backshifted to "had burned" in this case, right?
John, I was walking down the corridor and noticed that one of the bulbs there has burned out. Could you please have the janitor replace it?
Are the tenses in bold used correctly in the example that I made up? "Has burned" doesn't need to be backshifted to "had burned" in this case, right?