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Teleostomi Posted 19 years ago
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"The snow, falling overnight, has turned to ice."

1b00"The snow01font00,02font00 falling overnight01font00,02font00 has turned to ice."02b02br
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01b00Hi, is this sentence really incorrect? Does it always have to be "The snow, having fallen overnight, has turned to ice."?02b0-
  

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"12b 12br 12br 11b 10Hi, is this sentence really incorrect? 12b 12br 12br 12blockquote 10Your sentence is good. "02br 02br 00It could be put like this, depending on what you are focusing on:02br 02br 00The snow having fallen overnight, has turned to ice.

— Milky

  • "12b 12br 12br 11b 10Hi, is this sentence really incorrect?
  • 12b 12br 12br 12blockquote 10Your sentence is good.
  • "02br 02br 00It could be put like this, depending on what you are focusing on:02br 02br 00The snow having fallen overnight, has turned to ice.
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01cite10Teleostomi12cite12br
11b10"The snow11font10,12font10 falling overnight11font10,12font10 has turned to ice."12b12br
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11b10Hi, is this sentence really incorrect? Does it always have to be "The snow
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0 Hi Teleostomi02br
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00There is little agreement on correct usage of verb forms in English. Some say your sentence is right, others think it incorrect. As far as I am concerned, it is all right, but I know many will object to using a present participle 01i00(falling)02i00 to refer to a past event.02br
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00Cheers02br
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10Hi Teleostomi12br
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10, but I know many will object to using a present participle 11i10(falling)12i10 to refer to a past event.12br
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10Cheers12br
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10How do you know it's a past even
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01cite10Milky12cite10How do you know it's a past event? It could be present perfect continuous (in the use: a recently completed action), with ellipsis of "that has been" before "falling".12br
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10I know it's a past event from the perfect tense 01i00has turned.02i00 In a less
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10I know it's a past event from the perfect tense 11i10has turned.12i10 In a less poetic way without the commas:12br
11i10The snow that fell/has been falling overnight has turned to ice.12br
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12i10I know that the snow fell 11b10b
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite11blockquote
11cite20Cool Breeze22cite20I know it's a past event from the perfect tense 21i20has turned.22i20 In a less poetic way without the commas:22br
21i20The snow that fell/has been falling overnight has turned to ice.22br
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0 Well, there's no possibility for confusion. Everyone would understand what you said. A more commonly used spoken form would be:02br
00"The snow that fell during the night (has) turned to ice." 0-
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0<I know it's a past event from the perfect tense 01i00has turned.>02i02br
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01i00Is has been falling02i00 past tense?0-
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0<I know that the snow fell 01b00before02b00 it turned to ice.>02br
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00That still doesn't make "has been falling" past tense.0-
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0<I agree. >02br
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01i00John, who has been studying hard these last few weeks, has just passed his test.02i02br
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00Where is the past tense there?0-
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