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							| Dear colleagues,  Is this sentence grammatically correct? It turned out that my method has just been temporary. Many thanks in advance |  6 May 2018      
					
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 Zora
 
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							| I would say that it should be either:   It turned out that my method had just been temporary.   or    It turns out that my method has just been temporary.  |  6 May 2018     
					
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 aperkins4
 
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							| I second (agree with) what Zora said. Keep the tense the same throughout the sentence. |  6 May 2018     
					
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							|    Thank you so much for your reply, Zora and aperkins4. |  7 May 2018     
					
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