Present or past passive
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In this fill in the blanks question below can we use present passive (is listed) as well? Thanks.
The opera house is a must-see place. It __ was listed___ (list) among last year’s best tourist attractions.
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tomeng In this gapped question below can we use present passive (is listed) as well? The opera house is a must-see place. It __ was listed___ (list) among last year’s best tourist attractions.
- tomeng In this gapped question below can we use present passive (is listed) as well?
- The opera house is a must-see place.
- It __ was listed___ (list) among last year’s best tourist attractions.
- ' makes it too obviously a past listing.
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tomengIn this gapped question below can we use present passive (is listed) as well? The opera house is a must-see place. It __ was listed___ (list) among last year’s best tourist attractions.
Not really; 'last year's best...' makes it too obviously a past listing.
0tomengIn this fill in the blanks question below can we use present passive (is listed) as well?
Last year's attendance at the various attractions was compiled at the end of the year, forming the present-day listing. Although there is nothing wrong with "was listed," I prefer the present.
The opera house is a must-see place. It is listed among last
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Once something exists in physical form (a list, a paragraph, an essay, a play, a novel), you can talk about it either from the viewpoint of its physical existence at the time you speak or from the viewpoint of when it was created.
This piano sonata [is / was] the first that Beethoven wrote.
The list that was printed last year [m
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