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"Some of the staff are/were late." #1 (permalink) Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:09 am   "Some of the staff are/were late."
 

"Some of the staff are/were late." Can one both use the present tense as well as the past tense in this sentence ? I would say yes. Correct ?
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"Some of the staff are/were late." #2 (permalink) Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:12 pm   "Some of the staff are/were late."
 

Correct.
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