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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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Can I use the simple past for statements that are still true ?

Hello,

I am a non-native English speaker and I am writing about a conversation I had with someone in the past. Therefore, I use the past tense most of the time, but I am wondering about this sentence : "I agreed with everything he said, so I decided to follow his advice."

Does the use of the simple past for "agreed" imply that I don't agree anymore with the things the person said ? I still do, but saying "I agree with everything he said" sounds weird to me as all the rest of my text is in the past tense.

What do you think about it ? Thank you in advance for your reply.

  

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anonymous Hello, I am a non-native English speaker and I am writing about a conversation I had with someone in the past. " Does the use of the simple past for "agreed" imply that I don't agree anymore with the things the person said ? I still do, but saying "I agree with everything he said" sounds weird to me as all the rest of my text is in the past tense.

— Anonymous

  • anonymous Hello, I am a non-native English speaker and I am writing about a conversation I had with someone in the past.
  • " Does the use of the simple past for "agreed" imply that I don't agree anymore with the things the person said ?
  • I still do, but saying "I agree with everything he said" sounds weird to me as all the rest of my text is in the past tense.
  • What do you think about it ?
  • Thank you in advance for your reply.
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anonymous

Hello,

I am a non-native English speaker and I am writing about a conversation I had with someone in the past. Therefore, I use the past tense most of the time, but I am wondering about this sentence : "I agreed with everything he said, so I decided to follow his advice."

Does the use of the simple past for "agreed" imply that I don't agree anymore

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anonymousDoes the use of the simple past for "agreed" imply that I don't agree anymore with the things the person said?

No. The simple past does not imply anything about the present.

Your sentence (below) says why you decided (at that time) and what you decided (at that time). That's the whole story. There's nothing there about the present.

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