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Wowenglish Posted 16 years ago
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I have two questions.
A. I wonder if there is any difference between "1" and "2".
1. He is a boy growing up on New Zealand's East Coast in the 1900's.
2. He was a boy growing up on New Zealand's East Coast in the 1900's.
B. I wonder if the next two sentences have the same meaning.
He is a boy growing up on New Zealand's East Coast in the 1900's.
He is a boy who grew up on New Zealand's East Coast in the 1900's.
I have two questions.
A. I wonder if there is any difference between "1" and "2".
1. He is a boy growing up on New Zealand's East Coast in the 1900's.
2. He was a boy growing up on New Zealand's East Coast in the 1900's.
B. I wonder if the next two sentences have the same meaning.
He is a boy growing up on New Zealand's East Coast in the 1900's.
He is a boy who grew up on New Zealand's East Coast in the 1900's.
Top answer
A1: Use this to set the scene for a story that is sent in that time and place. It would work as in introduction to this story. A2: use to in normal text to refer to someone who did something important while he was a boy that long ago, or the fact that he was a boy at that time had meaning.
- A1: Use this to set the scene for a story that is sent in that time and place.
- It would work as in introduction to this story.
- A2: use to in normal text to refer to someone who did something important while he was a boy that long ago, or the fact that he was a boy at that time had meaning.
- B2: Use this to set a scene as well.
- Since we are long past the early 1900s (Note: No 's), any use of "is a boy" would be for literary reasons.
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A1: Use this to set the scene for a story that is sent in that time and place. It would work as in introduction to this story.
A2: use to in normal text to refer to someone who did something important while he was a boy that long ago, or the fact that he was a boy at that time had meaning.
B2: Use this to set a scene as well.
Since we are long past the early 1900s (Note: No 's)
A2: use to in normal text to refer to someone who did something important while he was a boy that long ago, or the fact that he was a boy at that time had meaning.
B2: Use this to set a scene as well.
Since we are long past the early 1900s (Note: No 's)
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