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Piggysmile Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Different tenses in one paragraph

0Is it appropriate to use different verb tenses in one paragraph? If yes, how should it be done?0-
  

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0As you're asking the question, you should avoid that for the time being, as you don't seem to know too much about it or the use of the tenses. Start reading English fiction and study the patterns of various writers. htm

— Marius Hancu

  • 0As you're asking the question, you should avoid that for the time being, as you don't seem to know too much about it or the use of the tenses.
  • Start reading English fiction and study the patterns of various writers.
  • htm
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0As you're asking the question, you should avoid that for the time being, as you don't seem to know too much about it or the use of the tenses. Start reading English fiction and study the patterns of various writers. 02br
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0An example is this:02br
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01font01b00Yesterday was my birthday so my parents bought me coconut ice cream. I didn't eat it because I (do,did) not like coconut ice cream.02b02font02br
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00Considering that nearly all the verbs of the paragraph are in the past tense, should the verb in the parentheses
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0You could use either, but what do you want to say?02br
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00I didn't eat it because I 01u00do not like02u00 (present tense verb; you have an on-going dislike of coconunt)02br
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00I didn't eat it because I 01u00did not like02u00 (past tense verb; you did not like it even before this chance )0-
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0Yes, English speakers01b00 prefer sticking to the simple past 02b00in this context. But 01b00do02b00 would be allowed, with the meaning you give . But one would have to have a double take/look at the sentence, and that's not recommended. 0-
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use do not because still u don't like it....
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I have need of 50 words paragraph in which present simple, present continuous ,and present perfect existed .can you help me?
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