Mixing present perfect with present continuous tense?
Hi. Is mixing present perfect with present continuous tense completely normal? So are these sentences as you would write them?
She peels potatoes while keeping an eye on her daughter playing outside.
He looks at the dirty dishes in the sink for a while before heading over to the fridge to grab himself a beer.
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He looks at the dirty dishes in the sink for a while before heading over to the fridge to grab himself a beer. Those do not mix present perfect with present continuous. Their tense is simple present in the main clause with non-finite participial dependent clauses.
- He looks at the dirty dishes in the sink for a while before heading over to the fridge to grab himself a beer.
- Those do not mix present perfect with present continuous.
- Their tense is simple present in the main clause with non-finite participial dependent clauses.
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anonymousShe peels potatoes while keeping an eye on her daughter playing outside.He looks at the dirty dishes in the sink for a while before heading over to the fridge to grab himself a beer.
Those do not mix present perfect with present continuous. Their tense is simple present in the main clause with non-finite participial dependent clauses.
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