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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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passion for racing

Interviewing a car racer: How does our passion for racing start? (Is this natural? Is there another way of asking?)

racer: My father used to take me to a racetrack in my homestate when I was a kid and that's how my passion develop (Is this verb correctly used?)

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nterviewing a car racer: How does our passion for racing start? (Is this natural? ) I would change it to "How did your passion for racing start" Two reasons 1) the interviewer is interviewing a racing driver.

— Optilang

  • nterviewing a car racer: How does our passion for racing start?
  • (Is this natural?
  • ) I would change it to "How did your passion for racing start" Two reasons 1) the interviewer is interviewing a racing driver.
  • 2) Not everybody develops a passion for racing.
  • ) Now it is!
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nterviewing a car racer: How does our passion for racing start? (Is this natural? Is there another way of asking?) I would change it to "How did your passion for racing start" Two reasons 1) the interviewer is interviewing a racing driver. 2) Not everybody develops a passion for racing.

racer: My father used to take me to a racetrack in my homestate when I was a kid and that's
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Thank you Optilang. It was a typo in the first line. I missed out a 'y'.
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New2grammarThank you Optilang. It was a typo in the first line. I missed out a 'y'.

Understood.

I would still put the question in the past tense.

If you want to use the present tense then the question has to appear to be more general:

How does a passion for racing start?

The interviewee would then start with
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Thanks for telling me that. I did come across my mind but it didn't bother me much so I didn't ask. It's really good to know!!!!
Thanks again, Optilang.
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