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missdaredevil
Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Posts: 1670 Location: Ask me
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:22 am Post subject: past tense? |
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If I were pointing at a finger and describing an event in the past. If there's a girl in the picture. What *tense* will I have to use, say "She likes the park near her house." When desribing it, will I have to use it in total past tense?
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asterix
Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Posts: 1654
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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You can use the present, if the picture is recent and she lives in the same place or if it is an old picture you can use the past.
e.g. This is my friend Mai Ling who likes the park near her house.
Or, This is my friend Mai Ling, when she lived in Shanghai. She loved the park near her house.
So you talk about the picture as if you were talking about the person. (Which, of course, you are) |
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