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jasper
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Hi

The president likes to talk in terms of personality.

Is this sentence correct? I think it should be "she was talkative"

"The meeting took longer than I expected because she is talkative"

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Sorry Jasper. What is your question? What has being talkative to do with responsibility? Please ask one question per post and give clear context.
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jasper wrote:Hi

Is this sentence correct? I think it should be "she was talkative"

"The meeting took longer than I expected because she is talkative"

thanks
The meeting took longer than I'd expected for she was so much talkative.

"was" for she might be not so much talkative now, that's my opinion.
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