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Pleasehelp Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Two sentences

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It seems like we were eating this whole afternoon. And

It seemed like we were eating this whole afternoon.

What's the difference between these two sentences? Are they both grammatically correct?

  

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They're both correct. << It seems like we were eating this whole afternoon. And It seemed like we were eating this whole afternoon.

  • They're both correct.
  • << It seems like we were eating this whole afternoon.
  • And It seemed like we were eating this whole afternoon.
  • >> With the present tense, the "seeming" is done at the time the sentence is composed.
  • , that evening.
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They're both correct.


<< It seems like we were eating this whole afternoon. And

It seemed like we were eating this whole afternoon. >>


With the present tense, the "seeming" is done at the time the sentence is composed.

With the past tense, it's done at some time in the past, but

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