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Papaya navy 266 Posted 4 years ago
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Over the course of his life...

Hi!

I have a question regarding the tense which should go with "Over the course of his life". Should I write "Over the course of his life, he has written 15 books" or "Over the course of his life, he wrote 15 books"?

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papaya navy 266 "Over the course of his life, he wrote 15 books"? This one. The present perfect sounds redundant.

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  • papaya navy 266 "Over the course of his life, he wrote 15 books"?
  • This one.
  • The present perfect sounds redundant.
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papaya navy 266"Over the course of his life, he wrote 15 books"?

This one. The present perfect sounds redundant.

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papaya navy 266Over the course of his life, he has written 15 books.

If he's dead, you can't use this one. You'll have to use "wrote".

"has written" would be OK if he's still alive.

CJ

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