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Sarah88 Posted 17 years ago
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Sara is in my class at this time. <--- "at this time" means now? If I was telling a story happened in the past, could I say " Sara was in my class at this time" ?


When I arrived the store, it was alreay closed.

When I arrived the store, it had closed already.

Do they mean the same ?
  

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Hi, Sara is in my class at this time . <--- "at this time" means now? Yes, because of the use of Simple Present.

  • Hi, Sara is in my class at this time .
  • <--- "at this time" means now?
  • Yes, because of the use of Simple Present.
  • If I was telling a story happened in the past, could I say " Sara was in my class at this time" ?
  • Yes.
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Hi,
Sara is in my class at this time. <--- "at this time" means now? Yes, because of the use of Simple Present.

If I was telling a story happened in the past, could I say " Sara was in my class at this time" ? Yes.

When I arrived at the store, it was already closed.

When I arrived at the store, it had closed already.

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