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Common Errors with Verbs - Part I
Incorrect: He asked had we taken our food.
Correct: He asked if we had taken our food. OR He asked whether we had taken
our food.
Incorrect: I am not sure will I have time.
Correct: I am not sure if I will have time.
Incorrect: I asked whether had she any letters for me.
Correct: I asked whether she had any letters for me.
Explanation
Indirect yes/no questions are usually introduced by if or whether. Note that in an
indirect question we put the subject before the verb.
Incorrect: He said that he saw her last year.
Correct: He said that he had seen her last year.
Incorrect: I could not meet him because he went out before I arrived.
Correct: I could not meet him because he had gone out before I arrived.
Incorrect: He got angry even before I said a word.
Correct: He got angry even before I had said a word.
Incorrect: There I met a man who was my classmate ten years ago.
Correct: There I met a man who had been my classmate ten years ago.
Incorrect: This was going on for a long time.
Correct: This had been going on for a long time.
Explanation
These are examples of the failure to use past perfect tense when the time of one
past action is more past than that of another.
Incorrect: I will call you when dinner will be ready.
Correct: I will call you when dinner is ready.