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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Past or present tense?

Hi

In the sentences:
'It's you who did the impossible.'
and
'I did it!'

Are the tenses past or present?

In the first sentence 'It's' (it is) is present, but 'did' is past. Does this mean that the sentence is structurally wrong?

Also, is the second sentence past or present?

Thanks
  

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Anonymous Are the tenses past or present? "did" is past tense, "is" is present tense, as you go on to say. Anonymous In the first sentence 'It's' (it is) is present, but 'did' is past.

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  • Anonymous Are the tenses past or present?
  • "did" is past tense, "is" is present tense, as you go on to say.
  • Anonymous In the first sentence 'It's' (it is) is present, but 'did' is past.
  • Does this mean that the sentence is structurally wrong?
  • It's OK.
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AnonymousAre the tenses past or present?
"did" is past tense, "is" is present tense, as you go on to say.
AnonymousIn the first sentence 'It's' (it is) is present, but 'did' is past. Does this mean that the sentence is structurally wrong?

It's OK. The person referred to by "you" still exists in the present (even though
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