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28 Feb 2017, 07:58
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Hey everyone,
Below is a sentence from Drill#3.4, Question 4 (Foundations of GMAT verbal ed 5, page 55).
The question asks you to correct the verbs in the below sentence:
The doctor told me I had a heart attack.
Answer suggested is: The doctor told me I had had a heart attack. This makes sense to me since heart attack had to occur before the doctor could tell you about it..So past perfect makes sense.
But my question is: Could I have modified it correctly to "The doctor told me I have had a heart attack"??. Since present perfect, as I understand it, is used to show effect/ consequences of a verb extends into the present.. And here the effect/consequence of the heart attack extends to the present right? So can I use present perfect instead of past perfect??
Would really appreciate if someone can clear my doubt. Thanks in advance
Below is a sentence from Drill#3.4, Question 4 (Foundations of GMAT verbal ed 5, page 55).
The question asks you to correct the verbs in the below sentence:
The doctor told me I had a heart attack.
Answer suggested is: The doctor told me I had had a heart attack. This makes sense to me since heart attack had to occur before the doctor could tell you about it..So past perfect makes sense.
But my question is: Could I have modified it correctly to "The doctor told me I have had a heart attack"??. Since present perfect, as I understand it, is used to show effect/ consequences of a verb extends into the present.. And here the effect/consequence of the heart attack extends to the present right? So can I use present perfect instead of past perfect??
Would really appreciate if someone can clear my doubt. Thanks in advance
28 Feb 2017, 08:01
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28 Feb 2017, 08:14
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But the effect of the heart attack extends into the present, right? So why can't I use present perfect? I'm still a bit confused.. could you clarify please?
Thanks
