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Hi !!I don't know what's difference meaning belowIt turned out that he was good person (this means" now" we can't sure he is good person?)It turns out that he is good person (this means now  he is good peson)Than, if I wrote "it turned out that he is good person " is this okay??Because I want to express  "turning  out" time is past and his personal is still good2. In speaking , it's  =it is and it was (both is okay?)Thank you in advance: )

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

vktIt turned out that he was good person (this means" now" we can't sure he is good person?)

We presume that he is still good.

vktIt turns out that he is good person (this means now he is good person)

Yes.

vktThan, if I wrote "it turned out that he is good person " is this okay??Because I want to express "turning out" time is past and his personal is still good

Yes. Right.

vkt2. In speaking , it's =it is and it was (both is okay?)

No. It's = it is, it has.

Vkt · Answer

Thank you so much!!

And could I get one more question?
"It turned out that he is good person" and
"It turned out that he was good person " are the same meaning? ?

Both are now he is good person??

Mister Micawber · Answer

Please re-read my post above; I have answered your question there.  CJ has explained in detail.  I say that we presume he is still good only because of that particular word:  goodness is not an ephemeral quality.  If a person was good before, he is likely to be good now, but we cannot know that from the sentence itself.

CalifJim · Answer

vktthe difference in meaning

Statements in the present, such as one of your examples, are about present time. They simply are not talking about the past.
Statements in the past tense, such as another of your examples, are about past time. They simply are not talking about the present.
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He is a good person tells us what kind of person he is now.
He was a good person tells us what kind of person he was in the past.
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This is like shining a light in a dark room. You can shine the light in one corner. Then you know what is in that corner, but not in other places in the room. Or you can shine the light in another corner. Then you know what is in that corner, but not in other places in the room.
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> Past > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Present
[He was ... ] ................................................ [ He is ... ]
'light' on the past .................................... 'light' on the present
no light on the present here ................. no light on the past here
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If you say It turned out he was a good person, but the person died 25 years ago, obviously you can't say that he is a good person. Because of the possible presence of such interfering information, you cannot say, in general, that he was a good person implies that he is a good person.
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CJ

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