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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Is or was? has or have?

Which one is correct?


She WAS the best person I have ever seen, but we have lost connection for years

She IS the best person I have ever seen, but we have lost connection for years


At the moment of speech, I still think that she is/was the best person, but "she" has disappeared in my life for long time I am talking about a past event.

  

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Such questions are confusing to me in English. I really think that both should be correct, f you just add a full stop at the end. " It means at the time, in the past, she was the best person you've ever seen, but it doesn't necessarily mean that now, in the present, she's not.

— Moonrise

  • Such questions are confusing to me in English.
  • I really think that both should be correct, f you just add a full stop at the end.
  • " It means at the time, in the past, she was the best person you've ever seen, but it doesn't necessarily mean that now, in the present, she's not.
  • We just don't know; she might still be the best person and she might not.
  • However, the listener would most likely think that she's still the best person.
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Such questions are confusing to me in English. I really think that both should be correct, f you just add a full stop at the end. In my understanding, if you say: "She WAS the best person I've ever seen~." It means at the time, in the past, she was the best person you've ever seen, but it doesn't necessarily mean that now, in the present, she's not. We just

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anonymousWhich one is correct?

They both are, except that you lost contact, not connection.

anonymousAt the moment of speech, I still think that she is/was the best person, but "she" has disappeared in my life for long time I am talking about a past event.

"At the moment of speech, I still think that she is/was the

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