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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Grammar question

Excuse me, I have a grammar question and I needs your help, please help me~

Look! Chien-Ming Wang ___ a home run.
A. has hit B. hits C. is hitting
Which choice is correct?

Thanks for your help~ Sophia ^^
  

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Hi Sophia Only (A) works in that sentence. You need to use a tense that refers to the past. In this case, you are talking about the very recent past -- something that happened just a moment ago.

— Yankee

  • Hi Sophia Only (A) works in that sentence.
  • You need to use a tense that refers to the past.
  • In this case, you are talking about the very recent past -- something that happened just a moment ago.
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Hi Sophia

Only (A) works in that sentence. You need to use a tense that refers to the past. In this case, you are talking about the very recent past -- something that happened just a moment ago.
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Amy,

If the guy has just passed third base and is about to reach home plate, would you accept C, is hitting?

I'm a little on the fence as to whether that one would be OK under those conditions, the verb "hit" being the problem. Still ... [:^)] I'm not sure, if I had made up the question, that I would have included "is hitting".

(Sophia: I recognize that C is defini
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