saw the thief has been caught

[theol]

I came to the store and I saw the thief has been caught. (writing a story)

Are there ant mistakes in this sentence?

 

[jutfrank]

You've used the wrong narrative tense in the second clause.

Have you studied narrative tenses? Notice that your first clause uses a past tense verb phrase whereas your last clause uses a present tense verb phrase.

 

[theol]

You've used the wrong narrative tense in the second clause.

Have you studied narrative tenses? Notice that your first clause uses a past tense verb phrase whereas your last clause uses a present tense verb phrase.

How can I make changes to it?

 

[jutfrank]

I came to the store and I saw the thief has been caught.

You've used two past tense verbs and one present tense one. What change do you think you should make?

 

[theol]

I came to the store and I saw the thief has been caught.

You've used two past tense verbs and one present tense one. What change do you think you should make?

I came to the store and I saw the thief had been caught.

How about now?

 

[emsr2d2]

I came to the store and I saw the thief had been caught.

How about now?

Yes.