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    pcarichards Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    Oct 3, 2007, 08:27 AM
    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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    Nov 13, 2007, 02:35 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.
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    Nov 18, 2007, 02:58 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."
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    Nov 28, 2007, 11:54 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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