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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Question about tense

Please tell me the difference between the use of 'is and was' in these sentences. I am just too confused, as always!

This is last year's question.
This was last year's question.

This is the answer to last year's question.
This was the answer to last year's question.
  

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This is an interesting question, something that native speakers never think about. I see it like this: the first two sentences mean essentially the same thing, even though the tense is very different. " Similarly, for the 3rd and 4th sentences.

— Anonymous

  • This is an interesting question, something that native speakers never think about.
  • I see it like this: the first two sentences mean essentially the same thing, even though the tense is very different.
  • " Similarly, for the 3rd and 4th sentences.
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This is an interesting question, something that native speakers never think about. I see it like this: the first two sentences mean essentially the same thing, even though the tense is very different. The "difference" is that in the first sentence you're presenting the question "totally in the present time": "This question, that I'm showing to you right here and now, is the question that was o
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AnonymousThis is an interesting question, something that native speakers never think about. I see it like this: the first two sentences mean essentially the same thing, even though the tense is very different. The "difference" is that in the first sentence you're presenting the question "totally in the present time": "This question, that I'm showing to you right here and
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