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"Has", "Have" and "Had" are confusing | PLEASE, help me with this translation - I need to check grammar
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simple past tense and present tense #1 (permalink) Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:09 am   simple past tense and present tense		  
Why did you use simple tense in " It was in the spring" and then you use present tense in " leaves appear on trees and nature prepares herself for renewal..." ?
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simple past tense and present tense #2 (permalink) Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:23 am   simple past tense and present tense		  
chigiao278@yahoo.com.hk wrote:
Why did you use simple tense in " It was in the spring" and then you use present tense in " leaves appear on trees and nature prepares herself for renewal..." ?

Who and where used this? This is simply not correct.
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simple past tense and present tense #3 (permalink) Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:06 am   simple past tense and present tense		  
chigiao278@yahoo.com.hk wrote:
Why did you use simple tense in " It was in the spring" and then you use present tense in " leaves appear on trees and nature prepares herself for renewal..." ?


Could you give us the whole sentence or sentences? A tense switch is possible in a narration.
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simple past tense and present tense #4 (permalink) Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:39 am   simple past tense and present tense		  
It was in the spring when leaves appear on trees and nature prepares herself for renewal...

I bet that is possible. The first clause refers to particular spring in the past (therefore the past simple), the second describes a fact (therefore in the present simple)

PS: dont forget to put the before the name of tenses
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