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    Verb tense disagreement during materia melding

    After a failed materia meld attempt, the following text appears:

    "[First] [Last] is unable to attach the materia to the [gear]. The [materia] was lost."

    If I'm not mistaken, isn't this grammatically incorrect? Instead, I believe it should read either "[First] [Last] was unable to attach the materia to the [gear]. The [materia] was lost."

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    "[First] [Last] is unable to attach the materia to the [gear]. The [materia] is lost."
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    Quote Originally Posted by CSLionheart View Post
    After a failed materia meld attempt, the following text appears:

    "[First] [Last] is unable to attach the materia to the [gear]. The [materia] was lost."

    If I'm not mistaken, isn't this grammatically incorrect? Instead, I believe it should read either "[First] [Last] was unable to attach the materia to the [gear]. The [materia] was lost."

    OR

    "[First] [Last] is unable to attach the materia to the [gear]. The [materia] is lost."

    best thing to do is run all that through a Grammar check program in a program like Microsoft office (i know not the best) and see if it says if it is a grammatical error or not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rannie View Post
    best thing to do is run all that through a Grammar check program in a program like Microsoft office (i know not the best) and see if it says if it is a grammatical error or not.
    A programmed grammar check would only test the two sentences individually. As self-contained sentences, both are correct; it's the combination of the two that invites doubt.
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