Grammar and tense...

[Michael J]

And here's a rare photo of the actual event...

Is that how it was or was that how it is?

 

[windhoek]

Is that how it was or was that how it is?

haha, and another lol was brought forth, lol

 

[windhoek]

windhoek,

Can't help you with grammar, but I know what caused the dinosaurs* to go extinct.

Joe

* Apart from the birds.

Well they stoned one way or the other

 

[bruce]

Example A
1. I listened to the album and thought it was highly compressed.
2. I listened to the album and thought it is highly compressed.

Surely 1. is the correct version. The thinking happened because of the listening, both happened in the past, therefore both should be in past tense. QED

 

[windhoek]

Surely 1. is the correct version. The thinking happened because of the listening, both happened in the past, therefore both should be in past tense. QED

I'm inclined to agree, although uncertainty arose when I considered whether the album remains compressed, which it presumably does, and what would be the most apt way to express it.

 

[kasperhauser]

And here's a rare photo of the actual event...

I call BS. Color photography wasn't around until the late 1800s.

 

[bruce]

I'm inclined to agree, although uncertainty arose when I considered whether the album remains compressed, which it presumably does, and what would be the most apt way to express it.

Ah, in that case, one would indicate the listening was done in the past but the thinking is in the present. Therefore: I listened to the album and think it is highly compressed. QED again

 

[windhoek]

I call BS. Color photography wasn't around until the late 1800s.

no I assure you it's real; if you dim the lights and adjust your screen's setting to black and white, you'll see what that dinasouar saw back in the day

 

[windhoek]

Ah, in that case, one would indicate the listening was done in the past but the thinking is in the present. Therefore: I listened to the album and think it is highly compressed. QED again

Yeah that's what I thought...and think

 

[Michael J]

It could be worse. (Or better?)

 

[bruce]

OK, Michael wins

 

[coxybabe]

"I listened to the album and thought it to be highly compressed"

 

[windhoek]

It could be worse. (Or better?)

No, it's definitely worse! I didn't even make it past the first sentence lol

 

[avole]

This is correct:

I listened to the album and thought it highly compressed.

 

[Joe Hutch]

Ah, in that case, one would indicate the listening was done in the past but the thinking is in the present. Therefore: I listened to the album and think it is highly compressed. QED again

Sounds wrong to me. I'd add in a 'have':

I have listened to the album and think it is highly compressed.

 

[simeon]

Surely it should be:

I didn't listen to the album because it was highly compressed.

 

[Joe Hutch]

Surely it should be:

I didn't listen to the album because it was highly compressed.

How would you know it was highly compressed without listening to it?

 

[windhoek]

Or, 'I didn't listen to the album because it is highly compressed' (a fact which might be knowable a priori).

 

[mudlark]

I listened to the album and thought it is highly compressed.

Is there any problem with, I listened to the album and thought, "It is highly compressed".

 

[TPA]

I agree; although I ask because I'm writing a book and want to make sure I get grammar right because apparently, it's quite costly to get a book properly proofread.

Have you considered attending an evening literature class? Investing some time to enable confident basic sentence structure would be worthwhile and allow you to express yourself more succinctly.