About verb tense in sentence
“Scientists had nine people spend 10 nights in a sleep laboratory. For five consecutive nights, they read before sleep with an iPad; then they read print for five nights. In both scenarios, they read in a dimly lit room until they felt ready to go to sleep.”
I noticed that all verbs in the sentence are past tense.Except the word “spend” is present tense.I want to know why.
By the way the sentence from nytimes.
here is link:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/well/mind/how-nighttime-tablet-and-phone-use-disturbs-sleep.html
Top answer
mora the word “spend” is present tense. Actually, it's not in the present tense. That's the plain form (base form, bare infinitive) of the verb.
- mora the word “spend” is present tense.
- Actually, it's not in the present tense.
- That's the plain form (base form, bare infinitive) of the verb.
- The base form of a verb can be used for the second verb in a causative construction with 'have'.
- Scientists had them spend 10 nights there.
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mora the word “spend” is present tense.
Actually, it's not in the present tense. That's the plain form (base form, bare infinitive) of the verb.
The base form of a verb can be used for the second verb in a causative construction with 'have'.
Scientists had them spend 10 nights there.
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