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Forlan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Past and present tense

I saw a sentence that has made me confused. I quoted from http://www.examiner.com/x-20010-NY-Business-Investment-Examiner%7Ey2009m8d25-Turkish-Prime-Minister-Recep-Tayyip-Erdogan:

He became mayor and now Prime minister.

Before conjuction and: the sentence is past tense, but after and conjunction is a present tense. I saw this sentence not pararel. Can you explain me?
  

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I think it is a contracted version of «He became mayor and then Prime Minister, which position he still occupies now». It is not forbidden to combine different tenses in once sentence.

— Ant_222

  • I think it is a contracted version of «He became mayor and then Prime Minister, which position he still occupies now».
  • It is not forbidden to combine different tenses in once sentence.
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I think it is a contracted version of
«He became mayor and then Prime Minister, which position he still occupies now».

It is not forbidden to combine different tenses in once sentence.
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Ant_222I think it is a contracted version of
«He became mayor and then Prime Minister, which position he still occupies now».

It is not forbidden to combine different tenses in once sentence.

Thanks Ant_222

But i still confused. Can i write like this in work paper?
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forlanBut i still confused. Can i write like this in work paper?
Hello, Forlan

Personally I wouldn't do it for two reasons (in the order of importance):
1) Not being a native speaker], I am not sure that the quoted phrase is grammatically correct.
2) I don't like the sound of it.

You can say it the way I suggested, or write your own v
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