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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Comes and came: what's correct?
Hi, so I'm working for a family in Germany right now, and my host kid came to me with a problem about her English test.
She wrote, "I met a girl at camp. She CAME from Germany, too."
But the teacher marked it as wrong and said it's,
"She COMES from Germany, too."
Both sound correct to me, and I don't know who is right or wrong.
Is there a difference of when it's proper to use each one, or are they the exact same thing?
She wrote, "I met a girl at camp. She CAME from Germany, too."
But the teacher marked it as wrong and said it's,
"She COMES from Germany, too."
Both sound correct to me, and I don't know who is right or wrong.
Is there a difference of when it's proper to use each one, or are they the exact same thing?
Top answer
Both are fine. With the past tense, the speaker is thinking of the girl at the time of the camp. With the present tense, the speaker is thinking of the girl as she is all the time.
- Both are fine.
- With the past tense, the speaker is thinking of the girl at the time of the camp.
- With the present tense, the speaker is thinking of the girl as she is all the time.
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Both are fine.
With the past tense, the speaker is thinking of the girl at the time of the camp.
With the present tense, the speaker is thinking of the girl as she is all the time.
With the past tense, the speaker is thinking of the girl at the time of the camp.
With the present tense, the speaker is thinking of the girl as she is all the time.
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