That's not the operative part of the sentence though, it's the secondary. The sentence is about what the telegraph will/won't do. Will/won't = future.
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Both versions are gramatically acceptableWhy do people constantly omit the word 'that'
"They won't admit that SS were right" makes sense, but without 'that' word it simply doesn't
. . . . and stop bloody arguing
"Admit" is a bridge-verb. Try again.
I'll take your word for it, hence the question mark, just unsure how 'were' can be anything but past tense
When it's not the primary verb.I'll take your word for it, hence the question mark, just unsure how 'were' can be anything but past tense
Never get into a war of words with a hippy who's studied poetry.
You'd make a good MP mate.
You can talk for hours & no ****er has a bastard clue what you're wittering on about.
Pedantic, sanctimonious, pious twat.
You wouldn't make a good MP bud, far too eloquent with wordsYou'd make a good MP mate.
You can talk for hours & no ****er has a bastard clue what you're wittering on about.
Pedantic, sanctimonious, pious twat.
I only come on here to be educated!
Wish my old school had been this much fun!
You just never bloody know what subject it will be till you turn up. Come to think of it, thats just like my old school too!
Wish my old school had been this much fun!
You just never bloody know what subject it will be till you turn up. Come to think of it, thats just like my old school too!
Both versions are gramatically acceptable
Well they blinking shouldn't be 'grammatically' acceptable
. . . . standards are deteriorating so rapidly 
"Admit" is a bridge-verb" What the ****'s that got to do with the price of fish
Wow. A total embarrassment. Allow me to give you just a teensy bit of help, then have a re-think. "They won't admit SS were right" is not past tense, as you claimed. That leaves two tenses, try and figure out which one it is, there's a good lad
Bluster all you like ...... one way or another you were wrong, not that it's easy to work it out without an Enigma machine laugh>
Basically means it bridges the gap where the word "that" would normally beWell they blinking shouldn't be 'grammatically' acceptable
"Admit" is a bridge-verb" What the ****'s that got to do with the price of fish
No bluster, it's very straightforward. You are just plainly and simply wrong. Stop digging.
Basically means it bridges the gap where the word "that" would normally be
No bluster, it's very straightforward. You are just plainly and simply wrong. Stop digging.
See, that's present tense.
Say 'You were just plainly and simply wrong,' and that's past tense.
Say 'You will be wrong' and that's plainly impossible, I'm never wrong
Don't worry, you'll get there eventually
That's quite correct and just totally irrelevant.
Thanks for providing a good example though.
If I were to say, "You won't admit you were wrong" what tense is that, in your learned opinion? Of course, it is future tense, but you will squirm without admitting it I'm sure.
Sorry for 'supporting' someone that I perhaps shouldn't, but 'they won't' meaning 'they will not' is present, or future, tense with it being the primary verb in this context, and it isn't past tense 
Present and future actuallySorry for 'supporting' someone that I perhaps shouldn't, but 'they won't' meaning 'they will not' is present tense with it being the primary verb in this context, and it isn't past tense
But we aren't dealing in facts on this thread pal, this is a concerted effort for Smug to maintain his record of never being proven wrong on an internet forum. Important stuff.
Basically means it bridges the gap where the word "that" would normally be
You mean 'where the word 'that' should be'