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Munchun2004 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
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Currently I heard the following statements from the NBA player who hit people during the game and from the reporter who analyzed the situation. Following are the statement.
(One day after the incident)
a) Artest: I just want to say that that is(was???) the third time I have(had???) been hit with something during the game.
(After hearing what the player says)
b) Reporter: That was(correct???) the ugliest NBA show I have(had???) ever seen.
I did ask this question here before and the answer I got was stick to the grammar rules. But now not once but twice I heard this type of statement "that was the... I have ever seen" from one show. The speaker first used the past tense "that was" and then later change to "I have ever seen". I just wonder if they are correct.
If I am to make a statement that one of the show happened in the past is still the ugliest show I have ever seen, can I write like following?
"From all the show I have seen all these years, the fifth of Novemeber 1998 show was(is???) the ugliest show I have(had???) ever seen.
Could someone tell how should I say in the above situation and whether the reporter and the athlete's statements are correct?
(One day after the incident)
a) Artest: I just want to say that that is(was???) the third time I have(had???) been hit with something during the game.
(After hearing what the player says)
b) Reporter: That was(correct???) the ugliest NBA show I have(had???) ever seen.
I did ask this question here before and the answer I got was stick to the grammar rules. But now not once but twice I heard this type of statement "that was the... I have ever seen" from one show. The speaker first used the past tense "that was" and then later change to "I have ever seen". I just wonder if they are correct.
If I am to make a statement that one of the show happened in the past is still the ugliest show I have ever seen, can I write like following?
"From all the show I have seen all these years, the fifth of Novemeber 1998 show was(is???) the ugliest show I have(had???) ever seen.
Could someone tell how should I say in the above situation and whether the reporter and the athlete's statements are correct?
Top answer
This topic certainly can give a person fits! The typical pattern is that tenses are used together in one or the other of these two groups: 1. Present Point of View: Present, Future of the Present ("will"), Present Perfect, Future Perfect of the Present ("will have") 2.
- This topic certainly can give a person fits!
- The typical pattern is that tenses are used together in one or the other of these two groups: 1.
- Present Point of View: Present, Future of the Present ("will"), Present Perfect, Future Perfect of the Present ("will have") 2.
- ] In spite of the fact that there is a "typical pattern", there are numerous cases where the typical pattern is modified.
- Your first example does not deviate from Present Point of View.
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This topic certainly can give a person fits!
The typical pattern is that tenses are used together in one or the other of these two groups:
1. Present Point of View:
Present, Future of the Present ("will"), Present Perfect, Future Perfect of the Present ("will have")
2. Past Point of View:
Past, Future of the Past ("would") [or "Conditional"], Past Perfe
The typical pattern is that tenses are used together in one or the other of these two groups:
1. Present Point of View:
Present, Future of the Present ("will"), Present Perfect, Future Perfect of the Present ("will have")
2. Past Point of View:
Past, Future of the Past ("would") [or "Conditional"], Past Perfe
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Well, just keep giving us examples that trouble you, and we'll do our best to explain them all!
Regards,
California Jim
Regards,
California Jim
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