Adjective + the present/past
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guys. Would you please consider the following:
Riana (WAS/IS) so quick a thinker that she decided to dodge left when the knife was swung to her.
My question: Riana is still alive and her being such a quick thinker still stands. Which one should we use, the present or the past?
tenses past-tense present-tense sequence-of-tenses backshifting
asked Mar 28 at 17:08
Fadli SheikhFadli Sheikh
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guys. Would you please consider the following:
Riana (WAS/IS) so quick a thinker that she decided to dodge left when the knife was swung to her.
My question: Riana is still alive and her being such a quick thinker still stands. Which one should we use, the present or the past?
tenses past-tense present-tense sequence-of-tenses backshifting
asked Mar 28 at 17:08
Fadli SheikhFadli Sheikh
143
Possible duplicate of Knew, realized + the past/present
– michael_timofeev
Mar 29 at 2:42
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guys. Would you please consider the following:
Riana (WAS/IS) so quick a thinker that she decided to dodge left when the knife was swung to her.
My question: Riana is still alive and her being such a quick thinker still stands. Which one should we use, the present or the past?
tenses past-tense present-tense sequence-of-tenses backshifting
asked Mar 28 at 17:08
Fadli SheikhFadli Sheikh
143
guys. Would you please consider the following:
Riana (WAS/IS) so quick a thinker that she decided to dodge left when the knife was swung to her.
My question: Riana is still alive and her being such a quick thinker still stands. Which one should we use, the present or the past?
tenses past-tense present-tense sequence-of-tenses backshifting
tenses past-tense present-tense sequence-of-tenses backshifting
asked Mar 28 at 17:08
Fadli SheikhFadli Sheikh
143
asked Mar 28 at 17:08
Fadli SheikhFadli Sheikh
143
asked Mar 28 at 17:08
Fadli SheikhFadli Sheikh
143
asked Mar 28 at 17:08
Fadli SheikhFadli Sheikh
143
asked Mar 28 at 17:08
Fadli SheikhFadli Sheikh
143
143
Possible duplicate of Knew, realized + the past/present
– michael_timofeev
Mar 29 at 2:42
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Possible duplicate of Knew, realized + the past/present
– michael_timofeev
Mar 29 at 2:42
Possible duplicate of Knew, realized + the past/present
– michael_timofeev
Mar 29 at 2:42
Possible duplicate of Knew, realized + the past/present
– michael_timofeev
Mar 29 at 2:42
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Possible duplicate of Knew, realized + the past/present
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