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Akdom Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Question about "Past Tense in a Statement"

"Communism is the final stage in which class dichotomies and the state itself ceased to exist."

I don't understand why the word cease is in its Past Tense. Is this like when in the conditional structure, if it is not true, then use "were"?
  

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akdom I don't understand why the word cease is in its Past Tense. Me neither. It must have something to do with the sentence(s) that preceded this one.

— CalifJim

  • akdom I don't understand why the word cease is in its Past Tense.
  • Me neither.
  • It must have something to do with the sentence(s) that preceded this one.
  • akdom Is this like when in the conditional structure, if it is not true, then use "were"?
  • No.
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akdomI don't understand why the word cease is in its Past Tense.
Me neither. It must have something to do with the sentence(s) that preceded this one.
akdomIs this like when in the conditional structure, if it is not true, then use "were"?
No. It's got nothing to do with the conditional structure.

CJ
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Communism Idea was expressed long ago ,and with making societies based on this idea ,dichotomy ceased to exist.
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