Present Tense or Past Tense?
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Present Tense or Past Tense?
Which is more convenient for you? And is it really difficult to stick to a particular tense when writing?
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I find it weird using two hads in a sentence right after each other. Is that even correct? E.g I’d had enough.
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I sometimes find myself mixing tenses without even realizing it. I also prefer to write in past tense.Jennifer Fernandez wrote: ↑19 Aug 2018, 22:04 I think past tense makes more sense to me. The use of present tense while telling a story is kind of weird, in my opinion. Why would you narrate a story while it's happening? Of course, in dialogs, it makes more sense to use the present tense.
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For me English is a very difficult languages when it comes to tenses. There is no consistency with the verbs.Moray_001 wrote: ↑20 Aug 2018, 04:21I sometimes find myself mixing tenses without even realizing it. I also prefer to write in past tense.Jennifer Fernandez wrote: ↑19 Aug 2018, 22:04 I think past tense makes more sense to me. The use of present tense while telling a story is kind of weird, in my opinion. Why would you narrate a story while it's happening? Of course, in dialogs, it makes more sense to use the present tense.
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I had an example just come to mind:
"He had had a good time at the circus."
Then again, maybe it isn't right...