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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Could you help me?

"Boston University, founded in 1870, was the first university in the world to admit women to all of its departments."

May I change was into is?
  

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You will get many good replies. May I give you mine? I think the answer is NO.

— Anonymous

  • You will get many good replies.
  • May I give you mine?
  • I think the answer is NO.
  • I could not imagine a history book using IS.
  • I think it would be correct only if you were referring to a recent event: Brown University, founded in 1870, is the first university in the world to admit students from Mars.
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You will get many good replies. May I give you mine? I think the answer is NO. I could not imagine a history book using IS. I think it would be correct only if you were referring to a recent event: Brown University, founded in 1870, is the first university in the world to admit students from Mars. The Martian will arrive next month.
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Yep, I think also think that you could not change to "is" because this context refers to an event happened in the past.
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There no problem to me as much as possible I want to help.
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I believe that most native speakers would find either one quite natural, although some might prefer one over the other.
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Anonymous"Boston University, founded in 1870, was the first university in the world to admit women to all of its departments."

May I change was into is?

I think since you're mentioning the year 1870, it's better to write "was".
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