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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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I talk about it in the video.
I talked about it in the video.

The dress I wear in the video is pink.
The dress I wore in the video is pink.

which is correct?

-The video was already made.
  

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All of these are correct. Because the video is, in effect, a living thing that can be viewed at any time, one often hears the present used as you do in the first of your sentences in each set of sentences. But, using the past is not incorrect.

  • All of these are correct.
  • Because the video is, in effect, a living thing that can be viewed at any time, one often hears the present used as you do in the first of your sentences in each set of sentences.
  • But, using the past is not incorrect.
  • " That would be correct, because the movie endures in the present even long after Clark Gable has died.
  • " That is because the beauty she had in the prime of her youth is captured forever on film in the present as long as people view that film.
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All of these are correct. Because the video is, in effect, a living thing that can be viewed at any time, one often hears the present used as you do in the first of your sentences in each set of sentences. But, using the past is not incorrect.

For example, one might say, "In Gone With the Wind, Clark Gable is the ultimate anti-hero as Rhett Butler." That would be correct, because the

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