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A friend and I were discussing a past event and she said:
"I don't know when you left yesterday"
but I thought she ought to say:
"I don't know when you leave yesterday"
Please tell me which one is correct?
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asked Jun 21, 2015 at 17:39
Eyinju Oluwa Eyinju Oluwa
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Your departure occurred yesterday, in the past, and calls for the past-tense form, left. I have to wonder what makes you think that the present-tense form leave would be more appropriate; if you could edit your question to include that it would help us unravel your underlying misunderstanding. . I invite you to consider having the moderators move this question to English Language Learners; if you feel that is appropriate, click on the flag link immediately above the question tags.
Commented Jun 21, 2015 at 17:47