Thrust
Towards the end of January, I visited a dentist in Dublin where we discussed a new flu spreading across China. I mentioned I would be travelling to Thailand the next day; the dentist kindly thrust some facemasks into my hand. I packed them in my hand luggage, grateful and not sure I’d need them.
From: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fionnuala-sweeney-the-new-normal-1.4209182
Is it grammatically coherent to use the simple present tense in the verb "thrust" in the paragraph that describes the past event?
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anonymous Is it grammatically coherent to use the simple present tense in the verb "thrust" in the paragraph that describes the past event? The third person singular simple present is "thrusts", not "thrust". You are seeing the simple past.
- anonymous Is it grammatically coherent to use the simple present tense in the verb "thrust" in the paragraph that describes the past event?
- The third person singular simple present is "thrusts", not "thrust".
- You are seeing the simple past.
- The present would not work because all the other verbs are past.
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anonymousIs it grammatically coherent to use the simple present tense in the verb "thrust" in the paragraph that describes the past event?
The third person singular simple present is "thrusts", not "thrust". You are seeing the simple past. The present would not work because all the other verbs are past.
0anonymousIs it grammatically coherent to use the simple present tense in the verb "thrust" in the paragraph that describes the past event?
The simple present is not in the sentence. The verb thrust is irregular. Like "hit" and "cut," the past and past participle are the same form as the present.
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