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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Question regarding past and present tenses.
(Is this statement correct considering it uses two tenses). (By having a comma or full stop, does this stop a conflict of past and present verbs, or does it even matter? Example:
"It had been a cold day when the man sat down. As he looked over, someone was watching him."
"Nicole went to school. When she arrived, the other kids were waiting for her."
(If someone how the past tense and present are in the same sentence, does that become a violation?) The fact is in writing, if we write in past tense fiction, surely we have present tense and past tense in this manner, what are the mistakes to avoid conflicting them?
Example: "She waited as he was watching her." Past and present in one statement. Can we do this, and if so, what is it called?
"It had been a cold day when the man sat down. As he looked over, someone was watching him."
"Nicole went to school. When she arrived, the other kids were waiting for her."
(If someone how the past tense and present are in the same sentence, does that become a violation?) The fact is in writing, if we write in past tense fiction, surely we have present tense and past tense in this manner, what are the mistakes to avoid conflicting them?
Example: "She waited as he was watching her." Past and present in one statement. Can we do this, and if so, what is it called?
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Anonymous does this stop a conflict of past and present verbs, or does it even matter? There is nothing inherently wrong with two clauses in the same sentence having different tenses, one present, one past. In fact, that may be the whole purpose of the sentence.
- Anonymous does this stop a conflict of past and present verbs, or does it even matter?
- There is nothing inherently wrong with two clauses in the same sentence having different tenses, one present, one past.
- In fact, that may be the whole purpose of the sentence.
- I hated spinach as a child, but now I love it.
- " Past and present in one statement.
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Anonymousdoes this stop a conflict of past and present verbs, or does it even matter?There is nothing inherently wrong with two clauses in the same sentence having different tenses, one present, one past. In fact, that may be the whole purpose of the sentence.
I hated spinach as a child, but now I love it.
Anonymous"She waite
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