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Vkt Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

About tense

If I wrote my diary and some one saw it,
And I know that situation now! In this case ,
I might answer "it is private"right?? I think it's still private
But someone said to me using "was".I don't know why...
Cause if I used " was" it's no longer privite things I want to express it still private !!

Thank you so much in advance
  

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If you are referring to a past incident when someone looked at your diary, it is not impossible to say "It was private", even if it is still private. However, "It's private" would be more usual.

— GPY

  • If you are referring to a past incident when someone looked at your diary, it is not impossible to say "It was private", even if it is still private.
  • However, "It's private" would be more usual.
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If you are referring to a past incident when someone looked at your diary, it is not impossible to say "It was private", even if it is still private. However, "It's private" would be more usual.
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A: Did you see my diary? It was private!!
B: Sorry
It means now" it's no longer private ?"

Thank you in advance Emotion: smile
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jhjhpA: Did you see my diary? It was private!!B: Sorry It means now" it's no longer private ?"
A common-sense judgement about whether it is still private, based on knowledge of the circumstances, would apply.
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So it's up to me, right?

If I chose "was " , it would contain less private...or no longer private..

For me, It's a little confusing but THANK YOU once again for your help!!!!!
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vktSo it's up to me, right?
As I mentioned earlier, if it is still private (which will normally be the case, I imagine) then "It's private" is the usual thing to say.
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