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Workman Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Tense

Hi
Can someone help with the tense of the sentence as it has both past and present verbs. "We began to use medicines in the 50's"

Thanks you
Grant
  

Top answer

'to use' is a non-finite form - an infinitive. Don't use non-finite forms as a basis for judging the tense of a sentence. 'began' is the main finite verb.

— CalifJim

  • 'to use' is a non-finite form - an infinitive.
  • Don't use non-finite forms as a basis for judging the tense of a sentence.
  • 'began' is the main finite verb.
  • It's in the past tense, so the whole sentence is regarded as a past-tense sentence.
  • CJ
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'to use' is a non-finite form - an infinitive. Don't use non-finite forms as a basis for judging the tense of a sentence.

'began' is the main finite verb. It's in the past tense, so the whole sentence is regarded as a past-tense sentence.

CJ
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