Saturday, February 9, 2019

Is it correct to use a past tense verb before a present tense verb like this?





Every morning right after I went to the bathroom, I tell myself




In the sentence above should went and tell agree?



Is above correct?


Answer



No; went should be replaced with go. Tell is present-tense, as is go. Went is past-tense.





Every morning, right after I go to the bathroom, I tell myself…




If you were referring to a specific instance in the past, you could write,




Yesterday morning, right after I went to the bathroom, I told myself…



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