Most people I have ever met in this city ARE/WERE nice to me.
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Could you please tell me which word is more suited in the following sentence "are" or "were"?
Most people I have ever met in this city ARE/WERE nice to me.
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Most people I have ever met in this city WERE nice to me. ARE is not wrong, but it implies that they all continue to be nice to you in the present time.
- Most people I have ever met in this city WERE nice to me.
- ARE is not wrong, but it implies that they all continue to be nice to you in the present time.
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Most people I have ever met in this city WERE nice to me.
ARE is not wrong, but it implies that they all continue to be nice to you in the present time.
0What if some of them were nice to me in the past but are not in contact with me anymore while some are still in contact with me and are just as nice as they ever were..... what am I supposed to use in that scenario?
You need to reword a bit more explicitly. eg Most people I have met in this city were nice to me, and some of them have become my friends.
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