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Tszming Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Was Founded in 1921 and Is an indepedent think tank

The Council on Foreign Affairs was founded on 1921 and is an independent think tank.

Can I use "was" and "is" in the same sentence?

Pls Help! Thank You!
  

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Yes sure because you are actually joining two sentences together.

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Yes sure because you are actually joining two sentences together.
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TszmingThe Council on Foreign Affairs was founded on 1921 and is an independent think tank.

Can I use "was" and "is" in the same sentence?

Pls Help! Thank You!
Yes, you can with a slight change of construction. What you have is a compound sentence.

You can use a relative clause to tie the two thoughts together:

The Council
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Thanks! I will use the relative clause. By the way when I was in my secondary school, my teacher told me that I could not join two tenses together, even with "and" in the sentence.

What he said was: "He was a millionaire and he is now a begger", this sentence is wrong, because past tense and present tense cannot be joined together.

I am not sure whether he was teaching me the cor
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Hi,

A lot of learners seem to have this idea that you can't put different tenses in the same sentence. You can, and it is not at all unusual.

Clive
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TszmingThanks! I will use the relative clause. By the way when I was in my secondary school, my teacher told me that I could not join two tenses together, even with "and" in the sentence.

What he said was: "He was a millionaire and he is now a begger", this sentence is wrong, because past tense and present tense cann
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