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Iris_es Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Please help me on these sentences
Hi,
'I had the food you cooked yesterday, it is/was delicious.'
'The actual date wrote by the doctor yesterday is/was on 20th and not 21st.'
Kindly provide some brief explanation for the answers
Thanks.
'I had the food you cooked yesterday, it is/was delicious.'
'The actual date wrote by the doctor yesterday is/was on 20th and not 21st.'
Kindly provide some brief explanation for the answers
Thanks.
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Is - at the moment, current, here and now, today. Plural 'are'. Was - it has gone, been used up, it no longer exists.
- Is - at the moment, current, here and now, today.
- Plural 'are'.
- Was - it has gone, been used up, it no longer exists.
- Plural 'were'.
- The food was delicious.
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Is - at the moment, current, here and now, today. Plural 'are'.
Was - it has gone, been used up, it no longer exists. Plural 'were'.
The food was delicious. - I can't say 'is' because I have eaten it all.
This food is delicious. - I can say 'is' if I am still eating it.
The actual date written was ... - If you can read something, then it was already written.
Was - it has gone, been used up, it no longer exists. Plural 'were'.
The food was delicious. - I can't say 'is' because I have eaten it all.
This food is delicious. - I can say 'is' if I am still eating it.
The actual date written was ... - If you can read something, then it was already written.
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