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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Grammatically correct?

Hi!

Is this sentence grammatically correct?

"After looking at her for a moment, he walks up to her and asks her if she'd like to come to his birthday party."

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Anonymous After looking at her for a moment, he walks up to her and asks her if she'd like to come to his birthday party. Yes. I believe it's an example of the historical present, a narrative style often found in novels.

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  • Anonymous After looking at her for a moment, he walks up to her and asks her if she'd like to come to his birthday party.
  • Yes.
  • I believe it's an example of the historical present, a narrative style often found in novels.
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AnonymousAfter looking at her for a moment, he walks up to her and asks her if she'd like to come to his birthday party.
Yes. I believe it's an example of the historical present, a narrative style often found in novels.
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But the second part of the sentence after "After looking at her for a moment" is in present tense, so the action is happening right now, not in the past, right?
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AnonymousBut the second part of the sentence after "After looking at her for a moment" is in present tense,
so the action is happening right now, not in the past, right?But the first part of the sentence has no tense at all.
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