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Hat gray 40 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Was or is

She deserves this award. Imagine being being born when your mom is sixteen.”

This was a comment on an artist winning an award.

Shouldn’t it be “was”?

“Imagine being born when your mom was sixteen
  

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hat gray 40 Shouldn’t it be “was”? No. It's a matter of imagination ( Imagine being born ...

  • hat gray 40 Shouldn’t it be “was”?
  • No.
  • It's a matter of imagination ( Imagine being born ...
  • ), so you can imagine the general case, which takes the present tense.
  • CJ
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hat gray 40Shouldn’t it be “was”?

No. It's a matter of imagination (Imagine being born ...), so you can imagine the general case, which takes the present tense.

CJ

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