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Yellowstarstruck Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Noun Clauses
Hi! Is the below correct? Also should I use is or was? Thanks! Fulvio
1.Do you know who the man that painted the Mona Lisa is?
2.Do you know who the man that painted the Mona Lisa was?
1.Do you know who the man that painted the Mona Lisa is?
2.Do you know who the man that painted the Mona Lisa was?
Top answer
Both are correct. The present is correct because a portrait's painter does not change over time. The past is OK too because the painting was done in the past.
- Both are correct.
- The present is correct because a portrait's painter does not change over time.
- The past is OK too because the painting was done in the past.
- Given the choice, I'd pick the first.
- But I would ask it this way: Do you know who painted the Mona Lisa?
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Both are correct.
The present is correct because a portrait's painter does not change over time.
The past is OK too because the painting was done in the past.
Given the choice, I'd pick the first.
But I would ask it this way:
Do you know who painted the Mona Lisa?
That works if the painter was either a man or a woman.
The present is correct because a portrait's painter does not change over time.
The past is OK too because the painting was done in the past.
Given the choice, I'd pick the first.
But I would ask it this way:
Do you know who painted the Mona Lisa?
That works if the painter was either a man or a woman.
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