05-08-2006, 04:42 AM
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Trying to make mom and pop proud
Join Date: Apr 2006
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"are" or "were"?
both sentences below make no difference to me:
"The students registered in this course are listed on that sheet of paper"The word "registered" and the word "listed" express past tense. I got the 1st sentence from my grammar workbook. However, by substituting "are" to "were" makes no difference to me. can you tell me the difference? thanks  |
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05-08-2006, 04:05 PM
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Real ale taster
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Location: Scunthorpe, UK
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Welcome to TM. There is a distinction. To paraphrase: 'The students registered in this course are listed on that sheet of paper' = 'The names are on that sheet'. Statement of fact as to where the information can be found. 'The students registered in this course were listed on that sheet of paper' = 'The names were put on that sheet'. Description of where/how the names were recorded. Michael
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