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Juneyun



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 6:39 pm    Post subject: want or wanted Reply with quote

"It" could be anything you want it to be.

Should I use
Quote:
want
or
Quote:
wanted
in the sentence above?
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Kristea



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:36 am    Post subject: Re: want or wanted Reply with quote

Juneyun wrote:
"It" could be anything you want it to be.

Should I use
Quote:
want
or
Quote:
wanted
in the sentence above?


Want.

To use "wanted" the sentences would need to be..."'It' cound have been anything you wanted it to be." (Verb tense issue consistency issue)

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Juneyun



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kristea,
Thank you so much for your help.

June
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