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OttoJ Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
The happiest
Are they all correct?
-These ninety days are the happiest days in my life.(permanent fact; the feeling of being happy is still bulking large in the mind, so the simple present tense.)
-These ninety days have been the happiest days in my life.
-These ninety days were the happiest days in my life.(those days are theoretically in the past, so the simple past tense)
Talking about the past ninety days. I think they only have almost imperceptible differences but are equally correct. Do you agree?
-These ninety days are the happiest days in my life.(permanent fact; the feeling of being happy is still bulking large in the mind, so the simple present tense.)
-These ninety days have been the happiest days in my life.
-These ninety days were the happiest days in my life.(those days are theoretically in the past, so the simple past tense)
Talking about the past ninety days. I think they only have almost imperceptible differences but are equally correct. Do you agree?
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If said just at the end of the ninety days, the second is the norm. If the 90 days are further back in the past then the third is suitable, though "These" might often be "Those". "happiest days of my life" feels more idiomatic to me.
- If said just at the end of the ninety days, the second is the norm.
- If the 90 days are further back in the past then the third is suitable, though "These" might often be "Those".
- "happiest days of my life" feels more idiomatic to me.
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If said just at the end of the ninety days, the second is the norm.
If the 90 days are further back in the past then the third is suitable, though "These" might often be "Those".
"happiest days of my life" feels more idiomatic to me.
If the 90 days are further back in the past then the third is suitable, though "These" might often be "Those".
"happiest days of my life" feels more idiomatic to me.
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