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plural past of be and adverb currently in the same sentence

by Chinn_asama » Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:23 am
Hi there.

I came across the sentence below while I was reading an article in the Guardian. Is the sentence correct? How can the verb refer to past when the sentence has the adverb 'currently'? And is 'something' in the sentence a present participle?

While good careers were formerly open to those with only A-levels, the bulk were CURRENTLY only accessible if you had a degree, the Sutton Trust said, something which might soon become the case for postgraduate qualifications.

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by Jim@StratusPrep » Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:24 am
Hahah. Good spot. You will Notice this stuff everywhere as you prep for the GMAT. I saw something similar on espn today
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by ceilidh.erickson » Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:15 pm
You're right, "currently" should only refer to the present. This is a terrible sentence in many ways - the modifier structure is terrible, the contrast is ambiguous, the word "only" should should be modifying "open" rather than "A-levels," etc.

The Guardian is not always a good place to look for examples of grammatically correct English.
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