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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
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Let's say, I'm riding on a bus, all of a sudden I hear a gunshot and the passenger next to me is bleeding. Which is the right tense to use?

1. Someone is shot!

2. Someone has been shot!

3. Someone was shot!

I think #1 is wrong because the shooting has happened and it belongs to the past.

Thanks in advance!
  

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I would say "Someone has been shot!"
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That's what I heard on TV but I think 'Someone was shot' is correct as well, don't you think so?
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New2grammarThat's what I heard on TV but I think 'Someone was shot' is correct as well, don't you think so?

Let's say, I'm riding on a bus, all of a sudden I hear a gunshot and the passenger next to me is bleeding.

If you say it at the moment the shooting has just taken place, it should be "Someone has been shot!"
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Let me give another scenario:

As I walk past a playground, I see a boy push a little girl and the girl falls down.

The mother who has been busy talking with the other parents does not know what has just happened and asks 'What happened?'

As a witness, I'd say 'The boy pushed the girl' or would you say 'The boy has pushed the girl'?

By the way, please correct an
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New2grammarLet me give another scenario:

As I walk past a playground, I see a boy push a little girl and the girl falls down.

The mother who has been busy talking with the other parents does not know what has just happened and asks 'What happened?'

As a witness, I'd say 'The boy pushed the girl' or would you say 'The boy has pushe
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Thanks, Yoong Liat! This is interesting. Does it mean if a guy walks up to me and sees the passenger next to me covered in blood and asks "What happened?", I should say "He was shot" instead of "He has been shot"?
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New2grammarThanks, Yoong Liat! This is interesting. Does it mean if a guy walks up to me and sees the passenger next to me covered in blood and asks "What happened?", I should say "He was shot" instead of "He has been shot"?

Yes.
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Thank you, Yoong Liat!
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New2grammarThanks, Yoong Liat! This is interesting. Does it mean if a guy walks up to me and sees the passenger next to me covered in blood and asks "What happened?", I should say "He was shot" instead of "He has been shot"?

Hi New2grammar,

This is my analogy.

The fact that the gunshot has been fired and the bull
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Thanks Goodman for your reply. In the other scenario, would you choose

'The boy pushed the girl' or would you say 'The boy has pushed the girl'?

I feel that both scenarios should use the same tense but have a feeling they could be different and would like to know why.
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