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Seagull Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Sequence of tenses
Hello everyone. I have a question.
Regarding the following two sentences in a row:
It took me some time to figure out what that word was. It is derived from French, isn't it?
I'm not sure about what tense we should use in the second sentence. Does the sentence "It was derived from French, wasn't it?" sound more natural in a case like this?
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seagull I'm not sure about what tense we should use in the second sentence. Both present and past are fine. " sound more natural in a case like this?
- seagull I'm not sure about what tense we should use in the second sentence.
- Both present and past are fine.
- " sound more natural in a case like this?
- No.
- Both sound natural.
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seagullI'm not sure about what tense we should use in the second sentence.
Both present and past are fine.
seagullDoes the sentence "It was derived from French, wasn't it?" sound more natural in a case like this?
No. Both sound natural.
The present makes us think of the word as it exists now, regardless of w
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