<p>After the uprising of October 10, 1911, that has led to the establishment of a Chinese Republic, many Chinese Americans decided to return to China in hopes of a bright future there.</p>
<p>I know has led is wrong, but I'm not sure why it's wrong.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>And a second question..</p>
<p>Traffic was heavy, so by the time Brianne finally arrived at the theater, we waited for her for an hour, missing the entire first act of the play.</p>
<p>I know the waited part should be had waited, because it describes an action completed before Brianne's arrival. But I almost feel like the "missing" part should be wrong. The rest of the sentence is past tense, and that part suddenly switches to progressive. I vaguely remember a rule from 9th grade that said if the main clause is in past tense, the subordinate clauses also have to be past.</p>
<p>Sorry, I tend to go on instinct for the writing section. But I'm stuck at 700 right now, and I think learning the rules behind the mistakes will help me :) Thanks for clarification.</p>
<p>1) the event does not have any explicit connection with the present, so “has” (as in “he has completed…”) is unnecessary. The simple past should be used “that led…”</p>
<p>2) you can use progressive tense in reference to all tenses.</p>
<p>“was going”
“will be going”</p>
<p>so you could say “we were missing the entire first act of the play”</p>
<p>well they weren’t exactly saying that they “were missing” the entire first act of the play (as a single statement), but if you think about it like that then yes it is implied, in the same way the “are” is implied if “missing” is used to refer to something in present tense</p>
<p>basically the continuous/progressive tense isn’t restricted to just the present but any ongoing action in the past, present, or future</p>
<p>Past: “I gave him my crib, knowing very well that…”
Future: “I’m going to see the doctor”</p>