verb tense

pcarichards · #1 Oct 3, 2007, 08:27 AM

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.

marygaby · Nov 13, 2007, 01:35 PM

Quote:

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.

derobert · Nov 18, 2007, 01:58 AM

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."

Questionshelp · Nov 28, 2007, 10:54 AM

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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