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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:15 am Post subject: have no idea |
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1.You've no idea how much traffic there was tonight.
2.I had no idea that you are a spy. |
Do they make sense?
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pugachevV
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:34 am Post subject: |
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1. Is correct.
2. I had no idea (that) you were a spy.
In 2. I had is the past tense of the verb to have. You are talking about an event completed in the past, so it is not correct to use the present tense (are) even though the person to whom you are speaking may still be a spy. |
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