Grammar Question... QUICK ANSWER IT ACT TOMORROW

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<p>All these people thought that my active parenting was odd. They assumed parenting had been foisted upon me. What I remember most about their comments [was/is] that I began to believe them and to doubt my ability to be as good a parent as my wife might be. </p>

<p>Answer: IS</p>

<p>How come? Past tense was used the entire time (thought... assumed...)</p>

<p>Oh wait... sh**! Is it because it says "that I began to believe them" ?? If it were past it would have to be "that I HAD begun to believe them" ??</p>

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<p>What's the diff between may/might? </p>

<p>A grocery checker may/might comment that Mom must have needed some "beauty sleep," and so "poor Papa" was sent out shopping</p>

<p>might is correct. I originally chose might because I thought "may" = permission. But now that I look at dictionary.com, may can also mean possibility. So why is might correct over may?!?!</p>

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<p>i know i posted this on the sat forum… it takes days for people to respond on the act forum :p</p>

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<p>Might carries past mood. May, in comparison, connotes present tense. Was sent out shopping shows that the sentence is indeed in past tense. Therefore you need might.</p>

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<p>^Ohhh thanks…</p>

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<p>“What I remember” is in the present tense - "What I remember NOW about what they said THEN is . . . " That’s why the proper verb is also present tense.</p>

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<p>Awesome!! Help from a moderator!! Thanks chedva - this clears it up, even though you gave an infraction awhile back…</p>