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Jack112 Posted 19 years ago
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Tense usage
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00 What does it mean when I use present tense? 02 br
00 1. He must have had a great big laugh when he came up with the idea of having the entire heat of the computer's processor being adsorbed into the person's legs as they 01 b 00 sit 02 b 00 and 01 b 00 use 02 b 00 it. 02 br
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00 What does it mean when I use past tense? 02 br
00 2. He must have had a great big laugh when he came up with the idea of having the entire heat of the computer's processor being adsorbed into the person's legs as they 01 b 00 sat 02 b 00 and 01 b 00 used 02 b 00 it. 02 br
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00 What does it mean when I use present tense? 02 br
00 1. He must have had a great big laugh when he came up with the idea of having the entire heat of the computer's processor being adsorbed into the person's legs as they 01 b 00 sit 02 b 00 and 01 b 00 use 02 b 00 it. 02 br
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00 What does it mean when I use past tense? 02 br
00 2. He must have had a great big laugh when he came up with the idea of having the entire heat of the computer's processor being adsorbed into the person's legs as they 01 b 00 sat 02 b 00 and 01 b 00 used 02 b 00 it. 02 br
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02 br 02 br 00 #2 does not make any suggestion about this. 02 br 02 br 00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0 Hi Jack, 02 br
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00 They are both correct. 02 br
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00 #1 suggests to me that people are still doing this (ie sitting and absorbing) today. 02 br
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00 #2 does not make any suggestion about this. Maybe they are doing this today, maybe not. 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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00 They are both correct. 02 br
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00 #1 suggests to me that people are still doing this (ie sitting and absorbing) today. 02 br
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00 #2 does not make any suggestion about this. Maybe they are doing this today, maybe not. 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0 For beginners, is #2 a better sentence because sentences should be either all past tense or all present tense? 02 br
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00 Also is #2 referring to the time when he thought about it, thus all past tense? 02 br
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00 Also is #2 referring to the time when he thought about it, thus all past tense? 02 br
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0 Hi Jack, 02 br
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01 font 00 For beginners, is #2 a better sentence because sentences should be either all past tense or all present tense? 00 I don't think it's good to think this way about tenses. eg 01 i 00 I studied history last year but next year I will study math. 02 i 00 00 This is one sentence, with two tenses, and it's f
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01 font 00 For beginners, is #2 a better sentence because sentences should be either all past tense or all present tense? 00 I don't think it's good to think this way about tenses. eg 01 i 00 I studied history last year but next year I will study math. 02 i 00 00 This is one sentence, with two tenses, and it's f
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0 In January, 2007 ownership decided that the cost of repairing the roof was too high, and instead 01 b 00 plan 02 b 00 to demolish the structure and redevelop the site. (I got this off an article. Is 'plan' supposed to be 'plans'? What is the subject for 'plan' ?) 0-
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0 The ownership is being regarded as a group of owners, so the owners plan to demolish the structure. 01 u 00 They 02 u 00 plan ... 02 br
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