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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Hospitals

Hello
I'm writing a report. Can anybody help me with the tense for the following sentence?
The twenty hospitals in the table below are/were listed on their website.
I think it should be the past tense but I'm not sure why.
Thanks
Stephen
  

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If you use "are", you are implying the listing is still true, or current. If you use "were", you are implying a possibilty that the listing may not be up-to-date.

— Dimsumexpress

  • If you use "are", you are implying the listing is still true, or current.
  • If you use "were", you are implying a possibilty that the listing may not be up-to-date.
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If you use "are", you are implying the listing is still true, or current.
If you use "were", you are implying a possibilty that the listing may not be up-to-date.
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