Marika33
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- May 29, 2023
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- Ukrainian
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- Netherlands
I've found this line in a movie, "My mom will have an aneurysm, if she finds out that we're playing down here". The choice of the present continuous took me by surprise.
My question is, can I use the past tense in this sentence? Yes, "we" are still playing "down here", but my idea is to talk about what will already be in the past when "my mom" finds out that it (has) happened.
My question is, can I use the past tense in this sentence? Yes, "we" are still playing "down here", but my idea is to talk about what will already be in the past when "my mom" finds out that it (has) happened.
- My mom will have an aneurysm, if she finds out that we played down here. (When said, "we" are still playing "down here".)