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Marrion
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 Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:31 am Post subject: Which one is correct? |
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According to the U.S. Justice Department, the number of Americans who have been / were in prison in 2004 was close to seven million.
At the sentence, which one is suitable, "have been"or "were'? |
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Suzanne
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| Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 6:55 am Post subject: |
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Hi!
The correct answer is "were." Since the sentence was completed in the past--2004--the simple past tense is used.
Does that help? |
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Marrion
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| Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:32 am Post subject: I got it^0^ |
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I got it perfectly.^^//
Thank you very much..
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