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Cat desk Posted 9 years ago
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Who is/was the author of...

if someone asks me or if there is a question in exams like "who is the author of Xxx book?" Should I answer in the past or present tense,like "Yyy is/was the author of Xxx book". I know the author is not alive.

  

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U can use the same tense

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cat desk

if someone asks me or if there is a question in exams like "who is the author of *** book?" Should I answer in the past or present tense,like "Yyy is/was the author of *** book". I know the author is not alive.

Dead or alive, the author of the book Xxxx is still the one who wrote that book. You can use the present "is" or past "was" in your se
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