quote:Such a choice had its consequences. For the past two years the Baron has sent him on one assignment after another.
the Baron has or had?
Edit: erm sorry...topic says grammer but this is a tense question. My bad!
[This message has been edited by RillSoji (edited April 07, 2004).]
Posted by GZ (Member # 1374) on :
had Posted by RillSoji (Member # 1920) on :
That's what I thought. Thank you! 'has' just didn't sound right Posted by Christine (Member # 1646) on :
Such a choice had its consequences. For the past two years[COMMA] the Baron [has] HAD sent him on one assignment after another.
Posted by Survivor (Member # 213) on :
Unless you're fooling about with writing present tense prose, it should be "had".
"Such a choice had its consequences."
I would change this to "Such choices had their consequences." You might not have noticed, but that line is in the simple past tense, which would place it in the present of your narrative. By generalizing it by use of the plural, you avoid the necessity of doing something barbaric like "Such a choice [was still having/had had] its consequences."
