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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Changing to present tense

Thank you all for the kind postings.

I am into medical transcription and in one report in Physical Examination part, doctor starts sentences in present tense but later changes to past. So as per account rule, I tried to transcribing those by changing tenses until I encountered the sentence:

"I did do a bimanual exam."

Kindly give me the correct transformation for present tense in this context.

Thanks in advance.
  

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There is no rule that tenses must remain the same throughout a sentence; it depends on the time of the various verb actions. 'I did do' sounds wrong in any case, however, considering the context. I suppose the writer means ' I do/did a bimanual examination '.

— Mister Micawber

  • There is no rule that tenses must remain the same throughout a sentence; it depends on the time of the various verb actions.
  • 'I did do' sounds wrong in any case, however, considering the context.
  • I suppose the writer means ' I do/did a bimanual examination '.
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There is no rule that tenses must remain the same throughout a sentence; it depends on the time of the various verb actions. 'I did do' sounds wrong in any case, however, considering the context. I suppose the writer means 'I do/did a bimanual examination'.
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Hi,

"I did do a bimanual exam."

This verb form suggests the writer wants to add emphasis.

eg I did not do an ABC process, or a DEF process. ( However,) I did do a bimanual exam.

I don't know if you have a contex
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