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Hat gray 40 Posted 9 years ago
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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
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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