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  • Oct 3, 2007, 08:27 AM
    pcarichards
    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.
  • Nov 13, 2007, 02:35 PM
    marygaby
    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.
  • Nov 18, 2007, 02:58 AM
    derobert
    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."
  • Nov 28, 2007, 11:54 AM
    Questionshelp
    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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