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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Down through the years
1. Down through the years this town has seen many changes.
2. Down through the years this town saw many changes.
3. A man with red hair might be called Jim Red. But sometimes down through the years, the name was changed.
4. A man with red hair might be called Jim Red. But sometimes down through the years, the name has(or had) been changed.
Q1) Does "down through the years" mean during a long period of time?
Q2) If so, a proper verb choice should be in present/past perfect, shouldn't it?
So #1 and #4 sound ok, and not #2 and #3?
2. Down through the years this town saw many changes.
3. A man with red hair might be called Jim Red. But sometimes down through the years, the name was changed.
4. A man with red hair might be called Jim Red. But sometimes down through the years, the name has(or had) been changed.
Q1) Does "down through the years" mean during a long period of time?
Q2) If so, a proper verb choice should be in present/past perfect, shouldn't it?
So #1 and #4 sound ok, and not #2 and #3?
Top answer
moon7296 Q1) Does "down through the years" mean during a long period of time? Yes, relatively. moon7296 Q2) If so, a proper verb choice should be in present/past perfect, shouldn't it Those verb choices have nothing to do with length of time.
- moon7296 Q1) Does "down through the years" mean during a long period of time?
- Yes, relatively.
- moon7296 Q2) If so, a proper verb choice should be in present/past perfect, shouldn't it Those verb choices have nothing to do with length of time.
- moon7296 So #1 and #4 sound ok, and not #2 and #3?
- 1 and 2 are both fine.
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moon7296Q1) Does "down through the years" mean during a long period of time?Yes, relatively.
moon7296Q2) If so, a proper verb choice should be in present/past perfect, shouldn't itThose verb choices have nothing to do with length of time.
moon7296So #1 and #4 sound ok, and not #2 and #3?
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