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Yellowstarstruck Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Past or Present?

Hi! Which should I use. The man is not alive.
1. This is a man who was the first president of the United States?
2. This was a man who was the first president of the United States?
Thanks Fulvio
  

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The problem is that the sentences are so odd as to be distracting. 1. This man was the first President of the United States.

  • The problem is that the sentences are so odd as to be distracting.
  • 1.
  • This man was the first President of the United States.
  • 2.
  • This man was the first President of the United States.
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The problem is that the sentences are so odd as to be distracting.

1. This man was the first President of the United States.
2. This man was the first President of the United States.

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