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Forlan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Is versus was

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Bashar Al Ahsad, Syrian president, said the allegation is immoral and political tension
Bashar Al Ahsad, Syrian president, said the allegation was immoral and political tension

Which one is correct? Would you please to correct if there are some mistakes?
  

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DAMASCUS (Agencies) " President Bashar al-Assad on Monday said allegations that Syria was sheltering people suspected of involvement in devastating bombings in Iraq were "immoral" and politically motivated. html It's quite obvious that the allegation s ( that were previously made ) about syria, were immoral .. As for your sentences, it's grammatically correct to say so, although, it depends on the context.

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  • DAMASCUS (Agencies) " President Bashar al-Assad on Monday said allegations that Syria was sheltering people suspected of involvement in devastating bombings in Iraq were "immoral" and politically motivated.
  • html It's quite obvious that the allegation s ( that were previously made ) about syria, were immoral ..
  • As for your sentences, it's grammatically correct to say so, although, it depends on the context.
  • forlan The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the allegation is immoral and political tension " present " The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the allegation was immoral and political tension " past "
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DAMASCUS (Agencies)
" President Bashar al-Assad on Monday said allegations that Syria was sheltering people suspected of involvement in devastating bombings in Iraq were "immoral" and politically motivated. " 

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you can use both of them, but i suggest you choose the first one which use simple present because, for a news, i find they almost use simple present present tense for headline of newspaper
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Hi,

It makes no sense to say 'an allegation is/was . . . tension'. You need to say the kind of thing I've added below.

It's a question of when this was said, and whether it is still true "now"..



For example, 'is' is fine if it was said 30 seonds ago. (So is 'was'.)

Bashar Al Ahsad, Syrian president, said the allegation is immoral and int
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