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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

is or was

How would you say this sentence?
You wouldn't think it was/is 9pm because the sun is still out.

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You wouldn't think it is 9pm because the sun is still out

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You wouldn't think it is 9pm because the sun is still out
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AnonymousHow would you say this sentence?You wouldn't think it was/is 9pm because the sun is still out.
I would say it with 'was'. To my ear, it's the use of 'was' that signals my feeling that this is a paradoxical situation.

To me it doesn't make sense to say "You wouldn't think" with the present tense because the present signals that you do
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Was and it's (not it is) sound natural to me, though I too would use the past tense.
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