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Grammar
Past and Present usage of tenses
question of tense used for this sentence. They saw the hail storm of bullets pierced through the thin wall impacting with their chest spewing blood everywhere.
I am using past tense and I become confused as I am using present tense in this sentence. Could someone tell me how this should be written?
I am using past tense and I become confused as I am using present tense in this sentence. Could someone tell me how this should be written?
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Hi, question of tense used for this sentence. They saw the hail storm of bullets pierced through the thin wall impacting with their chest spewing blood everywhere. I am using past tense and I become confused as I am using present tense in this sentence.
- Hi, question of tense used for this sentence.
- They saw the hail storm of bullets pierced through the thin wall impacting with their chest spewing blood everywhere.
- I am using past tense and I become confused as I am using present tense in this sentence.
- Could someone tell me how this should be written?
- You need to say eg They saw the hail storm of bullets which pierced through the thin wall , impacting with their chest s and spewing blood everywhere.
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Hi,
question of tense used for this sentence. They saw the hail storm of bullets pierced through the thin wall impacting with their chest spewing blood everywhere.
I am using past tense and I become confused as I am using present tense in this sentence. Could someone tell me how this should be written?
You need to say
question of tense used for this sentence. They saw the hail storm of bullets pierced through the thin wall impacting with their chest spewing blood everywhere.
I am using past tense and I become confused as I am using present tense in this sentence. Could someone tell me how this should be written?
You need to say
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Note that there is a difference between 'impacting' (just a participle) and 'are impacting' or 'is impacting' (present tense).
Just because you use a verb with -ing does not mean you are using the present tense. If there is no auxiliary verb in front of it, the -ing itself does not make a present tense.
Note also that if we use a verb after "see (some
Just because you use a verb with -ing does not mean you are using the present tense. If there is no auxiliary verb in front of it, the -ing itself does not make a present tense.
Note also that if we use a verb after "see (some
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