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Onelook Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Present or past?

"What's the silliest thing someone did to you?"

"Slap my face."

or

"Slapped my face."


Wondering if the answer should be in the past tense or not.

  

Top answer

onelook past tense or not Not. You need the infinitive here. The silliest thing anyone did to me was (to) slap my face.

  • onelook past tense or not Not.
  • You need the infinitive here.
  • The silliest thing anyone did to me was (to) slap my face.
  • CJ
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onelookpast tense or not

Not. You need the infinitive here.

The silliest thing anyone did to me was (to) slap my face.

CJ

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