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Old Oct 3, 2007, 07:27 AM
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verb tense

this is the sentence i need to correct.
Right now, we imported more goods than we exported.

this is my correction , am i right?

Right now, we have imported more goods than we exported.

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Old Nov 13, 2007, 12:35 PM   #2  
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Originally Posted by pcarichards
this is the sentence i need to correct.
Right now, we imported more goods than we exported.

this is my correction , am i right?

Right now, we have imported more goods than we exported.
actually, It would be:

right now, we have imported more goods than we have exported.
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Old Nov 18, 2007, 12:58 AM   #3  
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To me, "right now" makes it sound like it should be in the present not the present perfect tense. So you'd get "right now, we import more goods than we export."
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Old Nov 28, 2007, 09:54 AM   #4  
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I would have to agree with derobert:

now, we import more goods than we export

Hope it works out for you.
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