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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Tense agreement--since
Europe is in perhaps the toughest hour "since" World War ?.
How about changing the above sentence tense into “the present perfect”? Europe "has been" in perhaps the toughest hour since World War ?. Is there any difference in meaning? Does a word “since” match the present perfect tense?
How about changing the above sentence tense into “the present perfect”? Europe "has been" in perhaps the toughest hour since World War ?. Is there any difference in meaning? Does a word “since” match the present perfect tense?
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Is it currently in the toughest hour since... or has it been , but now, whew, it's over and we can breath easy. Depending on your intended meaning, there is a lot of difference!
- Is it currently in the toughest hour since...
- or has it been , but now, whew, it's over and we can breath easy.
- Depending on your intended meaning, there is a lot of difference!
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Is it currently in the toughest hour since...
or has it been, but now, whew, it's over and we can breath easy.
Depending on your intended meaning, there is a lot of difference!
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