How should you correct the student's tense error in the following sentence?

After he ate lunch, John will go to the laundromat.

a.

Ask the student what tense was intended. It is impossible to tell from the information given.

b.

Change it all to simple past tense: After he ate lunch, John went to the laundromat.

c.

Change the first clause to simple present tense and keep the second clause in simple future tense: After he eats lunch, John will go to the laundromat.

d.

Change it all to simple future tense: After he will eat lunch, John will go to the laundromat.

which one is correct

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Ann Mcfarland

English

10 November, 04:26

How should you correct the student's tense error in the following sentence?

After he ate lunch, John will go to the laundromat.

a.

Ask the student what tense was intended. It is impossible to tell from the information given.

b.

Change it all to simple past tense: After he ate lunch, John went to the laundromat.

c.

Change the first clause to simple present tense and keep the second clause in simple future tense: After he eats lunch, John will go to the laundromat.

d.

Change it all to simple future tense: After he will eat lunch, John will go to the laundromat.

which one is correct

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Elisha Jacobs · Answer 1

Your answer would be a because it would be kinda hard to tell what the person met because of the fact he is using 2 different tenses which will and could be very hard to read and understand what they mean. Hope this makes sense

Makai Joyce · Answer 2

B and C are both grammatically correct, but perhaps A is the answer because we really can't tell which is correct without additional details.