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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Confusion between past tense and present tense

"She is fighting with the woman who dressed in black."

"She is fighting with the woman who dresses in black."

"She is fighting with the woman dressed in black."

"She is fighting with the woman dresses in black."

I believe the first and third one are right, yet I don't get it why is it not "dresses" in lieu of "dressed" since the sentence is written in present tense.

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" "She is fighting with the woman dresses in black. Only the last one is incorrect. With the relative clause, the present tense may be used to indicate habituation.

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  • " "She is fighting with the woman dresses in black.
  • Only the last one is incorrect.
  • With the relative clause, the present tense may be used to indicate habituation.
  • ) In the last two, the modifier is a participial phrase.
  • Unfortunately, "dresses" is not a participle.
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AnonymousShe is fighting with the woman who dressed in black."
"She is fighting with the woman who dresses in black."
"She is fighting with the woman dressed in black."
"She is fighting with the woman dresses in black.
Only the last one is incorrect.

With the relative clause, the present tense may be used to indicate habituation. (She hab
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