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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Are or Were
"Photographs without credit are taken by me."
"Photographs without credit were taken by me."
What's the difference between these two?
And past tense is commonly used. Please give me scenerio when present tense should used. Thanks.
Another example:
"In the future, if you see any photographs without credit, they are taken by me."
"In the future, if you see any photographs without credit, they were taken by me."
Which tense should be used over here? Are or were? Thanks.
"Photographs without credit were taken by me."
What's the difference between these two?
And past tense is commonly used. Please give me scenerio when present tense should used. Thanks.
Another example:
"In the future, if you see any photographs without credit, they are taken by me."
"In the future, if you see any photographs without credit, they were taken by me."
Which tense should be used over here? Are or were? Thanks.
Top answer
It's all just a case of native speakers not sticking to the correct tenses. It probably stems from our frame of mind: the pictures were taken in the past vs. the photos still existing in the present.
- It's all just a case of native speakers not sticking to the correct tenses.
- It probably stems from our frame of mind: the pictures were taken in the past vs.
- the photos still existing in the present.
- Not a very good answer, I'm afraid, but I'm as imperfect as English is.
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It's all just a case of native speakers not sticking to the correct tenses. It probably stems from our frame of mind: the pictures were taken in the past vs. the photos still existing in the present. Not a very good answer, I'm afraid, but I'm as imperfect as English is.
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Anonymous"Photographs without credit are taken by me."Both are and were are completely acceptable. You are taking words from different parts of a longer statement that is implied:
"Photographs without credit were taken by me."
The photographs that are (now) seen not to be credited are the photographs that were
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Thanks for the replies.
So i guess it all depends on what message I'm trying to convey?
For this example, which tense is correct? Thanks.
So i guess it all depends on what message I'm trying to convey?
"In the future, if you see any photographs without credit, they are taken by me."
"In the future, if you see any photographs without credit, they were taken by me."
For this example, which tense is correct? Thanks.
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