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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

present or past with be made of form?

Which one is correct?
1. This cloth is made of cotton.
2. This cloth was made of cotton.
(if that cloth is displayed in the shop.)
  

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This cloth is made of cotton..............This is correct.................Thanks to Namrata Madam for teaching me spoken english and grammar.
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Anonymous1. This cloth is made of cotton.2. This cloth was made of cotton.
# 1 is correct. It describes the general information about the material the cloth is made of, it is true then and it is still true now.

# 2 is correct if the cloth no longer exists. If the cloth is in front of you, then the used of "was" would be semantically incorrect.
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