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Debpriya De Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Tense of to be verb
"I was trying to guess who the director of this movie is ?"
Should it be "who the director of the movie is" or "who the director was the movie was" ?
The act of guessing was done in the past but the director is still the same.
Should it be "who the director of the movie is" or "who the director was the movie was" ?
The act of guessing was done in the past but the director is still the same.
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I was trying to guess who the director of this movie is? He is still the director of the movie, regardless of when you were trying to guess it.
- I was trying to guess who the director of this movie is?
- He is still the director of the movie, regardless of when you were trying to guess it.
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I was trying to guess who the director of this movie is?
He is still the director of the movie, regardless of when you were trying to guess it.
He is still the director of the movie, regardless of when you were trying to guess it.
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Debpriya DeThe act of guessing was done in the past but the director is still the same.True. For this reason, you may put the verb of the relative clause in the present (is). However, following the normal sequence of tenses, was trying matches who the director was, so you can also use was, and it is correct l
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