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Using suggests or suggested?

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oristarA
 
Reply Wed 29 Dec, 2010 06:10 am
The information that you conveyed 2 weeks ago suggests that he was once your boyfriend.
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Reply Wed 29 Dec, 2010 08:21 am
@oristarA,
"Suggests" says that it is true today. "Suggested" opens up an expectation that perhaps it is no longer true. "The information that you conveyed 2 weeks ago suggested that he was once your boyfriend, but now you tell me there was nothing to it."
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2010 07:56 am
@engineer,
Thanks
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