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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Use of present tense in the passive voice

Hi. Can we use such a statement as "I am saved by the grace of God" to refer to the fact that you were saved by the grace of God many years ago and the fact still holds true now? Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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Anonymous Can we use such a statement as "I am saved by the grace of ***" to refer to the fact that you were saved by the grace of *** many years ago and the fact still holds true now? You can, but you have to realize that your quoted sentence does not say anything so specific as "many years ago". It could be many years ago or just a half hour ago.

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  • Anonymous Can we use such a statement as "I am saved by the grace of ***" to refer to the fact that you were saved by the grace of *** many years ago and the fact still holds true now?
  • You can, but you have to realize that your quoted sentence does not say anything so specific as "many years ago".
  • It could be many years ago or just a half hour ago.
  • The amount of time is indefinite.
  • "am saved" suggests a linking verb and an adjective more than it suggests passive voice, however, because the active counterpart says "***'s grace [regularly / habitually] saves me", suggesting multiple acts of saving, and I don't think that's what you really mean.
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AnonymousCan we use such a statement as "I am saved by the grace of ***" to refer to the fact that you were saved by the grace of *** many years ago and the fact still holds true now?
You can, but you have to realize that your quoted sentence does not say anything so specific as "many years ago". It could be many years ago or just a half hour ago. The amount
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