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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

'is' or 'was'?thank you

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00In the situation like this , do we use 'is' or 'was' ?02br
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00My friend Terry saw the movie 'Spiderman 3' yesterday. I came up to him this morning and asked him what does01font00 ( or should I use did ?)02font00 he think of the movie. Should I say ' How01font00 is02font00 the movie ? 'or 'How 01font00was02font00 the movie?' The problem is that he saw the movie yesterday ( in the past ) but the movie is still on ( in the present )01font00 ( how should I say the movie is still in the theatre ? ). 02font02br
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001. Did I put my puncuations correctly ?02br
002. Should I use 'is' or 'was' ?02br
003. How do you say the movie is still in the theatre ?02br
004. Is the above paragraph correctly written ?02br
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02br 02br 00My friend Terry saw the movie 'Spiderman 3' yesterday. )02font 00 he think of the movie. Should I say ' How01font 00 is02font 00 the movie ?

— Feebs11

  • 02br 02br 00My friend Terry saw the movie 'Spiderman 3' yesterday.
  • )02font 00 he think of the movie.
  • Should I say ' How01font 00 is02font 00 the movie ?
  • ' The problem is that he saw the movie yesterday ( in the past ) but the movie is still on ( in the present )01font 00 ( how should I say the movie is still in the theatre ?
  • ).
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0 01font00In the situation like this , do we use 'is' or 'was' ?02br
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00My friend Terry saw the movie 'Spiderman 3' yesterday. I came up to him this morning and asked him what does01font00 ( or should I use 01b00did[Y]02b00 ?)02font00 he think of the movie. Should I say ' How
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0 Thank you Feebs11 .02br
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00ummm.... could anybody tell me why do I need to use 'was' in this case ? 02br
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00Thanks again 0-
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01cite10Feebs1112cite11font10In the situation like this , do we use 'is' or 'was' ?12br
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101. Did I 11font10use12font10 my puncuation11font11del10s12del10 12font10correctly ?
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01cite10Peaceblinkfriend12cite10Thank you Feebs11 .12br
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10ummm.... could anybody tell me why do I need to use 'was' in this case ? 12br
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10Thanks again 12br
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10Hi PeaceBF,02br
00I would say both "is" and "was" are possible.02br

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01cite10Peaceblinkfriend12cite11font10Hi all 12br
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10In the situation like this , do we use 'is' or 'was' ?12br
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10My friend Terry saw the movie 'Spiderman 3' yesterday. I came up to him this morning and asked him 11u10what does12u10 ( or sho
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0 01font00Thank you very much Yankee and Kooyeen . 02br
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00I appreciate the fact that you gave me a detailed explanation and 01font00an alternative way of saying what I want to say02font01font00 ( Is there a better way to say this?) 01font00.
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