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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
The present tense/ the present perfect tense
Anthropologists say that the arranged marriage is actually common throughout history, with even colonial Americans approaching matrimony in this way. Today, in fact, as many as 60 percent of the world's marriage are still arranged. There appears to be two main reasons why arranged marriage has never gone out of fashion.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I think in the underlined clause, not the present tense, but the present perfect tense or past perfect tense should be used.
So I was wondering why the author used the present tense.
Thank you in advance for your help.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I think in the underlined clause, not the present tense, but the present perfect tense or past perfect tense should be used.
So I was wondering why the author used the present tense.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joon I think in the underlined clause, not the present tense, but the present perfect tense or past perfect tense should be used. The present and the present perfect are possible, but not the past perfect. The present tense portrays history as if it were all available for us to examine at this moment, in case you're wondering why the writer used the present tense.
- park sang joon I think in the underlined clause, not the present tense, but the present perfect tense or past perfect tense should be used.
- The present and the present perfect are possible, but not the past perfect.
- The present tense portrays history as if it were all available for us to examine at this moment, in case you're wondering why the writer used the present tense.
- CJ
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park sang joonI think in the underlined clause, not the present tense, but the present perfect tense or past perfect tense should be used.The present and the present perfect are possible, but not the past perfect. The present tense portrays history as if it were all available for us to examine at this moment, in case you're wondering why the writer used the
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