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Avid learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Simple present tense

Hi,

What is the difference between these two:
1. Oh! no my fish dies.
2. Oh! no my fish died

Refer: http://www.5minuteenglish.com/mar27.htm

Thanks, A.L.
  

Top answer

). "My fish died" means that it happened in the past and the fish is dead now - you should choose "died", it is the appropriate form of the verb here.

— Kocka Macka

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  • "My fish died" means that it happened in the past and the fish is dead now - you should choose "died", it is the appropriate form of the verb here.
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"Dies" (- present simple) is inappropriate here, but you can say "my fish is dying" if it is happening right now (you can see that the fish is about to die, it is ill...). "My fish died" means that it happened in the past and the fish is dead now - you should choose "died", it is the appropriate form of the verb here.
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Kocka Macka"My fish died" means that it happened in the past and the fish is dead now - you should choose "died", it is the appropriate form of the verb here.
If the death was a very recent event, you can also say, in BrE, "My fish has died".
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