[Grammar] Mixed Verb Tenses

Status
Not open for further replies.
Joined
Nov 13, 2013
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Georgian
Home Country
Georgia
Current Location
Georgia
Please,check my sentences....

1. We needed many office stuffs,so decidec to go shopping immediately.The filing cabinet, paper clips, drawing pins, tapes, hole punch...all of them are as important that you can't do any office work without them.

2.When I was asking her how many photocopies I should take, she was typing something and as it seems she even hadn't payed attention on me,so if I've done something by mistake,it's not my fault.

3.We've postponed every meeting so far and now you're forcing me to cancel this one too...So, I can't understand what you want.Is it your goal to close the company?

4.If she hadn't filed all the documents properly,she would have to looking for them now.

5.If you don't mind to sign on that paper after that I'll have solved this problem?

6.I've been spending all day putting addresses on my computer and haven't finished yet.

7.While you invest some money in business ,at first you have research carefully market you're going to appear.
 
Please,check my sentences....

1. We needed many office stuffs,so decidec to go shopping immediately.The filing cabinet, paper clips, drawing pins, tapes, hole punch...all of them are as important that you can't do any office work without them.

2.When I was asking her how many photocopies I should take, she was typing something and as it seems she even hadn't payed attention on me,so if I've done something by mistake,it's not my fault.

3.We've postponed every meeting so far and now you're forcing me to cancel this one too...So, I can't understand what you want.Is it your goal to close the company?

4.If she hadn't filed all the documents properly,she would have to looking for them now.

5.If you don't mind to sign on that paper after that I'll have solved this problem?

6.I've been spending all day putting addresses on my computer and haven't finished yet.

7.While you invest some money in business ,at first you have research carefully market you're going to appear.

3 and 6 are possible with a little tweaking. All the others are beyond correction.
 
englishlearner, you must ask unrelated questions in separate threads, with a title specific to each — such as 'We needed many office stuffs'.

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

There is no way we can correct seven sentences in one go, when it took us so long to deal with just one sentence in your 'If' clause thread.
 
And how fourth sentence can be correct?
 
I'm trying to correct my fifth sentence that way...
"Would you mind if I sign on that paper after that I'll have solved this problem"
Won't this one be correct?
 
I'm trying to correct my fifth sentence that way...
"Would you mind if I sign on that paper after that I'll have solved this problem"
Won't this one be correct?

No.
 
Would you mind if I signed that paper after I have solved the problem?

??
 
But the second part of this sentence shouldn't be in the future?
 
Who does the speaker want to sign the paper?
Is the paper to be signed before or after the problem is solved?
 
The paper to be signed after the problem is solved.
 
By her.By the manager.
 
Tdol's answer, post #9, is the one you want. A present tense, simple, progressive or perfect, is appropriate in a temporal clause referring to a future situation.
 
So,post #9 , the first part "if I signed..."has the future meaning?
 
Both clauses, 'if I signed' and 'after I have solved the problem' refer to hypothetical future happenings.
 
Both clauses, 'if I signed' and 'after I have solved the problem' refer to hypothetical future happenings.

And this structure is used in the second conditional,isn't it? Or it's just the Mixed Conditional?
 
I am not sure exactly which structure you are referring to.
 
we nkow that the Past simple and Future in-the -past Simple is used in the second conditional and above we used Past simple(If I signed) and Present Perfect(I've solved),so I'm interested in which grasmmar rule this structure refers to?Is above sentence Mixed Conditional or if it's not what is this?
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top