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Can you please tell me if my tenses are correct in the following sentence? If so, what are the tenses I am using? Thank you!



"I was hoping to get a response before the upcoming deadline, so I could make changes should I have filled out something incorrectly."



(I wanted to get a response early so that I would be able to fix the errors in the application and submit it again before the deadline.)






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  • Hi Per, welcome to EL&U. The tenses are correct, but "should I have" is less commonly used nowadays (though not incorrect) and the sentence reads somewhat awkwardly. A native speaker might say something like "I was hoping to get a response before the upcoming deadline, so that I could make changes in case I'd filled out something incorrectly."
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  • The only tensed verb there is was, which is the singular past tense of be. There are no other tenses involved because everything else is a modal or a non-finite verb.
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Can you please tell me if my tenses are correct in the following sentence? If so, what are the tenses I am using? Thank you!



"I was hoping to get a response before the upcoming deadline, so I could make changes should I have filled out something incorrectly."



(I wanted to get a response early so that I would be able to fix the errors in the application and submit it again before the deadline.)






grammar phrases usage tenses







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put on hold as off-topic by tchrist♦ 13 mins ago


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  • "Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic." – tchrist

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  • Hi Per, welcome to EL&U. The tenses are correct, but "should I have" is less commonly used nowadays (though not incorrect) and the sentence reads somewhat awkwardly. A native speaker might say something like "I was hoping to get a response before the upcoming deadline, so that I could make changes in case I'd filled out something incorrectly."
    – Chappo
    34 mins ago










  • The only tensed verb there is was, which is the singular past tense of be. There are no other tenses involved because everything else is a modal or a non-finite verb.
    – tchrist♦
    14 mins ago
















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Can you please tell me if my tenses are correct in the following sentence? If so, what are the tenses I am using? Thank you!



"I was hoping to get a response before the upcoming deadline, so I could make changes should I have filled out something incorrectly."



(I wanted to get a response early so that I would be able to fix the errors in the application and submit it again before the deadline.)






grammar phrases usage tenses







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Can you please tell me if my tenses are correct in the following sentence? If so, what are the tenses I am using? Thank you!



"I was hoping to get a response before the upcoming deadline, so I could make changes should I have filled out something incorrectly."



(I wanted to get a response early so that I would be able to fix the errors in the application and submit it again before the deadline.)






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put on hold as off-topic by tchrist♦ 13 mins ago


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put on hold as off-topic by tchrist♦ 13 mins ago


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  • Hi Per, welcome to EL&U. The tenses are correct, but "should I have" is less commonly used nowadays (though not incorrect) and the sentence reads somewhat awkwardly. A native speaker might say something like "I was hoping to get a response before the upcoming deadline, so that I could make changes in case I'd filled out something incorrectly."
    – Chappo
    34 mins ago










  • The only tensed verb there is was, which is the singular past tense of be. There are no other tenses involved because everything else is a modal or a non-finite verb.
    – tchrist♦
    14 mins ago




















  • Hi Per, welcome to EL&U. The tenses are correct, but "should I have" is less commonly used nowadays (though not incorrect) and the sentence reads somewhat awkwardly. A native speaker might say something like "I was hoping to get a response before the upcoming deadline, so that I could make changes in case I'd filled out something incorrectly."
    – Chappo
    34 mins ago










  • The only tensed verb there is was, which is the singular past tense of be. There are no other tenses involved because everything else is a modal or a non-finite verb.
    – tchrist♦
    14 mins ago


















Hi Per, welcome to EL&U. The tenses are correct, but "should I have" is less commonly used nowadays (though not incorrect) and the sentence reads somewhat awkwardly. A native speaker might say something like "I was hoping to get a response before the upcoming deadline, so that I could make changes in case I'd filled out something incorrectly."
– Chappo
34 mins ago




Hi Per, welcome to EL&U. The tenses are correct, but "should I have" is less commonly used nowadays (though not incorrect) and the sentence reads somewhat awkwardly. A native speaker might say something like "I was hoping to get a response before the upcoming deadline, so that I could make changes in case I'd filled out something incorrectly."
– Chappo
34 mins ago












The only tensed verb there is was, which is the singular past tense of be. There are no other tenses involved because everything else is a modal or a non-finite verb.
– tchrist♦
14 mins ago






The only tensed verb there is was, which is the singular past tense of be. There are no other tenses involved because everything else is a modal or a non-finite verb.
– tchrist♦
14 mins ago












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Yes, it does sound correct, like a conditional statement. At least, it doesn't sound incorrect.



Your main priority should be the deadline and fixing larger errors, unless the person whom you're submitting this to is a really strict grammarist.






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    Yes, it does sound correct, like a conditional statement. At least, it doesn't sound incorrect.



    Your main priority should be the deadline and fixing larger errors, unless the person whom you're submitting this to is a really strict grammarist.






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      Yes, it does sound correct, like a conditional statement. At least, it doesn't sound incorrect.



      Your main priority should be the deadline and fixing larger errors, unless the person whom you're submitting this to is a really strict grammarist.






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        Yes, it does sound correct, like a conditional statement. At least, it doesn't sound incorrect.



        Your main priority should be the deadline and fixing larger errors, unless the person whom you're submitting this to is a really strict grammarist.






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        Yes, it does sound correct, like a conditional statement. At least, it doesn't sound incorrect.



        Your main priority should be the deadline and fixing larger errors, unless the person whom you're submitting this to is a really strict grammarist.







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