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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Have been
Hi.
I am the pantomime villain - always have been, always will be.
The have been covers the past and the present despite the am in the sentence, doesn't it?
Thank you.
I am the pantomime villain - always have been, always will be.
The have been covers the past and the present despite the am in the sentence, doesn't it?
Thank you.
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Yes.
- Yes.
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Your use of 'despite' suggests there is something unusual here. There isn't. The speaker is saying that he is at present the villain, that this situation has extended from the past up until the present time and will continue into the future. It would be theoretically possible to say "I am not the villain in this show. I am disgusted - I have always been the villain and always will be".
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