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Vincent Teo Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Present past vs past continuous

Can I say,

(a) He is crying because his knee is hurt.

(b) He is crying because he hurts his knee.

(c) He is crying because his knee is bleeding.

(d) He is crying because he hurt his knee. (He hurt his knee first, so I use "hurt" in past tense,but I'm talking the boy now. Am I right? )

(e) He is crying because his knee was hurt. ( The reason is same like above sentence)
  

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(a) He is crying because his knee is hurt. (b) He is crying because his knee hurts. (c) He is crying because his knee is bleeding.

— Mister Micawber

  • (a) He is crying because his knee is hurt.
  • (b) He is crying because his knee hurts.
  • (c) He is crying because his knee is bleeding.
  • (d) He is crying because he hurt his knee.
  • (e) He is crying because his knee was hurt.
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(a) He is crying because his knee is hurt.

(b) He is crying because his knee hurts.

(c) He is crying because his knee is bleeding.

(d) He is crying because he hurt his knee.

(e) He is crying because his knee was hurt.
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Thanks, but what are the differences for (b) and (d)?

(b) ..his knee hurt. (I think "he hurts his knee" is correct)

(d) ... he hurt his knee.
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(b) ..his knee hurt. = his knee suffered pain.

(d) ... he hurt his knee. = he injured his knee

he hurts his knee = This has no use except in narrative present, which you are not quite capable of yet, Vincent.
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