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Rahuldev091 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
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Pakistani troops resort* to heavy firing along LoC in Poonch district of Jammu & Kashmir *since last night.
One more, in which tense this sentence is? in Present Indefinite or in Past Indefinite.
If it is in past then what is the base verb of resort ?
One more, in which tense this sentence is? in Present Indefinite or in Past Indefinite.
If it is in past then what is the base verb of resort ?
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Pakistani troops resort to heavy firing along LoC in Poonch district of Jammu & Kashmir since last night. since last night') is acceptable. Narrative would call for present perfect ('have resorted') or present perfect progressive ('have been resorting').
- Pakistani troops resort to heavy firing along LoC in Poonch district of Jammu & Kashmir since last night.
- since last night') is acceptable.
- Narrative would call for present perfect ('have resorted') or present perfect progressive ('have been resorting').
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Pakistani troops resort to heavy firing along LoC in Poonch district of Jammu & Kashmir since last night.
'Resort' is a simple present verb form, but the sentence seems to be a headline, not a sentence within a narrative, where this kind of short-hand ('resort to...since last night') is acceptable. Narrative would call for present perfect ('have resorted') or present perfect progr
'Resort' is a simple present verb form, but the sentence seems to be a headline, not a sentence within a narrative, where this kind of short-hand ('resort to...since last night') is acceptable. Narrative would call for present perfect ('have resorted') or present perfect progr
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