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While it is generally considered important that verb tenses remain consistent within a sentence, it is occasionally appropriate to switch tenses. A circumstance where this could occur would be where the time frame for an action requires a different tense to make sense. For example: "Mary learned last week that Myra is her sister." In this situation the learning occurred in the past while the fact Myra is Mary's sister is a present fact.
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hello what is perfect tenses?
hello what is perfect tenses
What is the past tense of tonight?
Tonight is not a verb and doesn't have any tenses. Only verbs have tenses.
How do you spell the past tense of except?
Except is usually a preposition. (The verb accept is often confused with except.)Where either accept (to receive or agree) or except (to exclude) is used, the past tenses are accepted (received) and excepted (left out).Examples:He accepted his diploma during the ceremony.The church was excepted from the city property tax.
Do dictionaries show regular and irregular verb tenses?
do dictionaries show regular and irregular verb tenses
Are there 48 tenses in English?
No there is not.
When is generally accepted to switch verb tenses mid sentence?
Any time, it depends on what the sentence is saying. The following sentence contains present simple and past simpleWe usually go to the beach for the holidays but last year we went to the mountains.Present simple is used for the first clause because it is about a habit. Past simple is used for the second clause because it is about something that is completed, in the past.
When is it generally accepted to switch verb tenses mid sentence?
Any time, it depends on what the sentence is saying. The following sentence contains present simple and past simpleWe usually go to the beach for the holidays but last year we went to the mountains.Present simple is used for the first clause because it is about a habit. Past simple is used for the second clause because it is about something that is completed, in the past.
If a writer is writing about something that happened in the past and suddenly has to write about something that will happen in the future, he or she should not switch verb tenses?
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Is past tense the most used tense?
Yes it's generally used more than the other tenses.
What is the formulae of tenses?
There is no formula for tenses
Should writers ever change a verb tense while writing?
Typically writers shouldn't switch tenses as it becomes confusing for the reader.
What is bicycle in present participle?
Bicycle is generally a noun and so doesn't have tenses. The present participle of cycle, however, is cycling.
What are shifts in verb tense?
It is when a writer switches between tenses. For example, they might begin writing in the present tense but then they switch to writing in the past tense.
Past present and future of the sun?
If you're asking this in English terms, the sun is an object (a noun). Nouns don't generally have tenses.
hello what is perfect tenses?
hello what is perfect tenses
If a writer is writing about something that happened in the past and suddenly has to write about something that will happen in the future he or she should not switch verb tenses?
No, that is incorrect. Verb tenses are used precisely to indicate when something happened or will happen. That is what they are for. A writer in the above circumstances must definitely switch verb tenses. How else can she/he make it clear that the new 'something' will happen in the future? 'I wrote to my mother this evening and tomorrow I shall write to my sister.' How else could you put it? 'I wrote to my mother this evening and tomorrow I wrote to my sister'? It doesn't make sense!
If a writer is writing about something that happened in the past and suddenly has to write about something that will happen in the future he or she should not switch verb tenses.?
No, that is incorrect. Verb tenses are used precisely to indicate when something happened or will happen. That is what they are for. A writer in the above circumstances must definitely switch verb tenses. How else can she/he make it clear that the new 'something' will happen in the future? 'I wrote to my mother this evening and tomorrow I shall write to my sister.' How else could you put it? 'I wrote to my mother this evening and tomorrow I wrote to my sister'? It doesn't make sense!
