SEQUENCE OF TENSES


Meaning of SEQUENCE OF TENSES in English

noun

[ sing. ] ( grammar ) the rules according to which the tense of a subordinate clause depends on the tense of a main clause, so that, for example, ' I think that you are wrong ' becomes ' I thought that you were wrong ' in the past tense

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