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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

'when'--past continuous, past simple, present simple

Why is the present tense 'comes' used here? 'when' means something like 'at the same time', so therefore, 'comes' must express a past time??

Just when cinema companies were starting to enjoy the edge that the lastest influx of 3D movies had been giving them over home entertainment, along comes 3D technology for your home.

So why not?

Just when cinema companies started/were starting to enjoy the edge that the lastest influx of 3D movies had been giving them over home entertainment, along came 3D technology for your home.

Thanks for your help
  

Top answer

Hello there! It's not refering to past actually... If you start the sentence with WHEN and not with JUST WHEN , you will have to use CAME and not COME .

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  • Hello there!
  • It's not refering to past actually...
  • If you start the sentence with WHEN and not with JUST WHEN , you will have to use CAME and not COME .
  • Hope i helped a bit!
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Hello there!

Hm...I think the author wanted to say that the 3d technology is about to enter our homes at THIS POINT OF TIME while the companies have JUST started to enjoy blah blah blah...It's not refering to past actually... If you start the sentence with WHEN and not with JUST WHEN, you will have to use CAME and not COME.
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