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Tashiro Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Tense
Hi, please help me.
"Born as an illegitimate child, at a mere 15 years of age she is heartlessly married off to a brutal and much older man after her mother died."
I heard "died" had to be replaced with "dies". But I don't know why.
"Born as an illegitimate child, at a mere 15 years of age she is heartlessly married off to a brutal and much older man after her mother died."
I heard "died" had to be replaced with "dies". But I don't know why.
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mother died dies (present tense) suresh
- mother died dies (present tense) suresh
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It is because we need to maintain consistency in the use of tenses, that is she is (present tense) heartlessly married .....mother died dies (present tense)
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