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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
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past story
These strangers I met on my trip to Africa were really nice! They took me in and that was something I would remember for the rest of my life. Or
These strangers I met on my trip to Africa were really nice! They took me in and that is something I will remember for the rest of my life.
ARe both useable and interchangeable?
What's the difference?
Thank yoU!
These strangers I met on my trip to Africa were really nice! They took me in and that is something I will remember for the rest of my life.
ARe both useable and interchangeable?
What's the difference?
Thank yoU!
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They are more or less interchangeable. Only the point of view is different (past vs present). The past point of view seems to me to be more appropriate in a book of your memoirs while the present point of view seems more appropriate in an ordinary conversation.
- They are more or less interchangeable.
- Only the point of view is different (past vs present).
- The past point of view seems to me to be more appropriate in a book of your memoirs while the present point of view seems more appropriate in an ordinary conversation.
- CJ
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They are more or less interchangeable. Only the point of view is different (past vs present). The past point of view seems to me to be more appropriate in a book of your memoirs while the present point of view seems more appropriate in an ordinary conversation.
CJ
CJ
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These strangers I met on my trip to Africa were really nice! They took me in and that was something I would remember for the rest of my life.-- This is hard to rationalize unless the speaker has died, i.e., unless his life has finished.
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