Dec. 11, 2020
Journal 12/11/20
I didn’t ride this bike for a long time before it had problems. A few days ago, when I released the rear brake during my ride, I found it was still very heavy to ride. It seemed that it had been in the brake all the time. This kind of situation happened many times in the later days. I checked the rear holding brake several times and I didn’t find any problems. This afternoon, I adjusted the brake clearance of the rear brake a little big to see if it worked. Next, I will continue to observe it.
Journal 12/11/20
I dihadn’'t ridebeen riding this bike for avery long time before it hadstarted to have problems.
A few days ago, when I released the rear brake during my ride, I found it was still very heavy to ride.
It seemeds that ithe brake had been ion the brake all thentire time.
This kind of situation happened many times inover the laternext few days.
I checked the rear holding brake several times and I didn’t find any problems.
This afternoon, I adjusted the brake clearance of the rear brake a little bigt to see if it worked.
Next, I will continue to observe it.
Feedback
That sounds like a pain to deal with, I hope you get your bike working well soon!
Dec. 12, 2020
It seemeds that ithe brake had been ion the brake all thentire time.
Seems, present simple. Had been, past perfect. Can a sentence contains two tenses at the same time?
Dec. 12, 2020
I dihadn’'t ridebeen riding this bike for avery long time before it hadstarted to have problems.
Could you please tell me the tense rules in this sentence? Started, past tense. Hadn’t been riding, past perfect continue. Can it only use hadn’t ridden, the past perfect? And what is the difference between the two uses.
Dec. 12, 2020
Thank you for your corrections.
Dec. 12, 2020
Yes a single sentence in English can sometimes contain different tenses.
The reason I changed it from 'seemed' to the present 'seems' is because in the moment you did not know the reason the bike was difficult to ride was because the break was on. But now in the present you realize the brake being on seems to have been the problem.
If you had noticed in the moment the brake was on while the action was taking place, 'seemed' would have worked.
So basically it seems now this was the problem, but it wasn't the case during the event.
Dec. 12, 2020
The reason past perfect continuous is used for 'i hadn't been riding...' is because in the time of the event it is in the past and continuing in that time of the past. Which means it began in an even more distant past. And a form of past perfect always has to be used when referring to the past of the past.
The second part of the sentence, your tense choice was correct, because there you were referring to an action that happened only in that moment in the past. That is to say, specifically during that time it started to have problems.
Dec. 12, 2020
No problem! I hope my explanations make sense.
Dec. 12, 2020
Thank you for your explanations.
|
Journal 12/11/20 This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
|
I didn’t ride this bike for a long time before it had problems. I |
|
A few days ago, when I released the rear brake during my ride, I found it was still very heavy to ride. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
|
It seemed that it had been in the brake all the time. It seem |
|
This kind of situation happened many times in the later days. This kind of situation happened many times |
|
I checked the rear holding brake several times and I didn’t find any problems. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
|
This afternoon, I adjusted the brake clearance of the rear brake a little big to see if it worked. This afternoon, I adjusted the brake clearance of the rear brake a little bi |
|
Next, I will continue to observe it. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
You need LangCorrect Premium to access this feature.
Go Premium