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Cat desk Posted 8 years ago
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"past" or "present" tense with recent

Hi there, Can anyone please tell me whether I should use "is" or "was" in the following context?
  • Yesterday a tragic incident of terrorism happened in syria. A group of terrorist killed almost 500 children. It is/was one of the shocking incidents of terrorism in recent days.
  

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cat desk Hi there, Can anyone please tell me whether I should use " is" or "was" in the following context? Yesterday a tragic incident of terrorism happened in S yria. A group of terrorist s killed almost 500 children.

  • cat desk Hi there, Can anyone please tell me whether I should use " is" or "was" in the following context?
  • Yesterday a tragic incident of terrorism happened in S yria.
  • A group of terrorist s killed almost 500 children.
  • It was one of the (most) shocking incidents of terrorism in recent days.
  • As shown above.
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cat desk Hi there, Can anyone please tell me whether I should use "is" or "was" in the following context?
  • Yesterday a tragic incident of

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