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Cup cake Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Past or Present?

Hi Folks,

I just read this sentence on the internet and wondered if it should be in the past tense. The sentence is...

' Coffee sales almost triple over the past year, according to current statistics.'

Shouldn't the word - triple - read as 'tripled'?

I know if you say it quickly as is, it doesn't sound wrong, so perhaps my question is why are both sentences correct?

OR are they?

Thanks,
Miss Confused ?)
  

Top answer

' It looks like a headline. In those cases, the present tense is preferred by some journalists as a way of making the news seem more current, more exciting, more interesting. CJ

— CalifJim

  • ' It looks like a headline.
  • In those cases, the present tense is preferred by some journalists as a way of making the news seem more current, more exciting, more interesting.
  • CJ
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Cup cakeThe sentence is...' Coffee sales almost triple over the past year, according to current statistics.'
It looks like a headline. In those cases, the present tense is preferred by some journalists as a way of making the news seem more current, more exciting, more interesting.

CJ
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Thanks CJ.

I thought that was the case. I asked just in case there was something I've missed.

Emotion: phew
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