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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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verbal tenses

Hi!
I'm writing an essay about C.S. Lewis and fairy tales. I want to say that he affirmed (in the past) something that it is still valid nowadays and I'm not sure about the verb tenses to use. Can I translate the following sentences in this way?

"Lewis affermava esistessero due ruoli coesistenti dell'autore nel scrivere un'opera fantasiosa"
"Lewis affirmed there are two coexisting roles of the author in writing an imaginative work"

or is it better
"Lewis affirmed there WERE two coexisting roles of the author in writing an imaginative work" ?
  

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1 - "Lewis affirmed there are two coexisting roles of/for an author in writing an imaginative work" 'an' is slightly better than 'the', but 'the' is also correct. You can also use 'affirms', which takes him out of the past and makes him speak today. d

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  • 1 - "Lewis affirmed there are two coexisting roles of/for an author in writing an imaginative work" 'an' is slightly better than 'the', but 'the' is also correct.
  • You can also use 'affirms', which takes him out of the past and makes him speak today.
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1 - "Lewis affirmed there are two coexisting roles of/for an author in writing an imaginative work"

'an' is slightly better than 'the', but 'the' is also correct.
You can also use 'affirms', which takes him out of the past and makes him speak today.

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