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Levis1 Posted 10 years ago
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was/is

My friend is holding up a video recording on his cell phone and I ask: Where is that? OR Where was that?

Asking about the place. Which is correct?
  

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levis1 My friend is holding up a video recording on his cell phone and I ask: Where is that? Asking about the place. Which is correct?

— CalifJim

  • levis1 My friend is holding up a video recording on his cell phone and I ask: Where is that?
  • Asking about the place.
  • Which is correct?
  • Both are fine.
  • The tense doesn't matter when both apply.
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levis1 My friend is holding up a video recording on his cell phone and I ask: Where is that? OR Where was that?Asking about the place. Which is correct?
Both are fine. The tense doesn't matter when both apply. That is, when talking about a video, you can focus on the time you are seeing it (Where is that?) or you can focus on the time it was recorded
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CalifJim levis1 My friend is holding up a video recording on his cell phone and I ask: Where is that? OR Where was that?Asking about the place. Which is correct?Both are fine. The tense doesn't matter when both apply. That is, when talking about a video, you can focus on the time you are seeing it (Where is that?) or you can focus on the time it was recorded (What was
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levis1Do you mean where was that for the second part?
Yup. I'll change it.

CJ
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