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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Is this sentence, tense wise, correct?
"Early filmmakers, artists, and enthusiasts of the era soon began experimenting with the material and quickly uncovered its potential for stop motion animation."
My question is whether I can have a sentence with the verb 'experimenting,' which I think is present tense, and then continue the sentence with the verb 'uncovered,' which is past tense.
Would the sentence, perhaps, be better if written like this:
Early filmmakers, artists, and enthusiasts of the era soon began experimenting with the material, quickly uncovering its potential for stop motion animation.
Thanks for the help. I was told not to switch tenses in a sentence, but I'm confused whether that's actually true or not.
My question is whether I can have a sentence with the verb 'experimenting,' which I think is present tense, and then continue the sentence with the verb 'uncovered,' which is past tense.
Would the sentence, perhaps, be better if written like this:
Early filmmakers, artists, and enthusiasts of the era soon began experimenting with the material, quickly uncovering its potential for stop motion animation.
Thanks for the help. I was told not to switch tenses in a sentence, but I'm confused whether that's actually true or not.
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Anonymous the verb 'experimenting,' which I think is present tense Here's your problem. experimenting is not a present tense because there is no "is" or "are" with it. is experimenting or are experimenting are present tense forms, but not began experimenting .
- Anonymous the verb 'experimenting,' which I think is present tense Here's your problem.
- experimenting is not a present tense because there is no "is" or "are" with it.
- is experimenting or are experimenting are present tense forms, but not began experimenting .
- begin is a catenative verb.
- It takes an -ing form as its complement.
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Anonymousthe verb 'experimenting,' which I think is present tenseHere's your problem. experimenting is not a present tense because there is no "is" or "are" with it. is experimenting or are experimenting are present tense forms, but not began experimenting. begin is a catenative verb. It takes an -ing form as its
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