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SEQUENCE OF TENSE
If the main clause is in the past tense the dependent clause should also be in the past tense.
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He thinks that it will rain.
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He thought that it would rain.
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He sees that he has made mistakes.
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He saw that he had made mistakes.
TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS
There are two kind of verbs:
1) transitive,
2) intransitive.
Transitive verbs can take a complement after themselves.
Intransitive verbs can not take a complement after themselves.
Intransitive – rise, lie, sit.
transitive – raise, lay, set.
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The sun rises from east.
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The students raised their hands.
Raise means to lift or elevate an object or to increase something. After it there must be a complement.
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The weightlifter raises the barbells over his head.
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John raised his grades substantially.
Rise means to get up, to move up under one’s own power, increase. No complement is used after it.
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When the bell rings, the students rise from their seats.
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John rose early so that could play tennis.
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Prices have risen more than 10 percent.
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