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Ommadon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Mixing Present and Present Perfect Tenses
Grammar friends,
Hopefully I've labeled the tenses correctly. Consider the phrase below:
"Reason has disappeared as fear takes control."
Can you mix tenses like that? If you define "as" as "at the time of" and rearrange, then this sentence could mean "At the time that fear takes control, reason has disappeared." Does this work, or must you maintain consistency with the present perfect tense?
Thanks.
Hopefully I've labeled the tenses correctly. Consider the phrase below:
"Reason has disappeared as fear takes control."
Can you mix tenses like that? If you define "as" as "at the time of" and rearrange, then this sentence could mean "At the time that fear takes control, reason has disappeared." Does this work, or must you maintain consistency with the present perfect tense?
Thanks.
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Ommadon Reason has disappeared as fear takes control. It sounds as if the disappearance of reason is first, and once that has happened, fear rules the situation. The mixing of tenses is not wrong, but this is probably not the finest example of it.
- Ommadon Reason has disappeared as fear takes control.
- It sounds as if the disappearance of reason is first, and once that has happened, fear rules the situation.
- The mixing of tenses is not wrong, but this is probably not the finest example of it.
- Here are some others: I have caught a cold, so I am not feeling very well.
- I'm very happy that my paycheck has arrived on time this month.
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OmmadonReason has disappeared as fear takes control.It sounds as if the disappearance of reason is first, and once that has happened, fear rules the situation.
The mixing of tenses is not wrong, but this is probably not the finest example of it. Here are some others:
I have caught a cold, so I am not feeling very well.
I'm ver
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