Timeline for Describing a past event with present tense
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:55 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Feb 12, 2017 at 12:17 | history | edited | ColleenV |
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| Aug 10, 2015 at 5:29 | vote | accept | Ahmad | ||
| Aug 5, 2015 at 4:56 | comment | added | Ahmad | @RobRodes but the answer by TRomano who is a native speaker doesn't have this beleive | |
| Aug 5, 2015 at 1:15 | comment | added | BobRodes | In any case, if you use "thought" you have to keep the other verbs in past tense. | |
| Aug 4, 2015 at 19:09 | history | edited | Ahmad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 4, 2015 at 14:56 | comment | added | Khan | I think the reported speech will be better. I thought she was so attractive that I couldn't help but ask for her phone number. | |
| Aug 4, 2015 at 10:03 | answer | added | TimR | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 4, 2015 at 9:48 | comment | added | Catija | "That" implies the past, so you use past tense... unless you're quoting yourself... "At that moment I thought, "She is so attractive [...]". | |
| Aug 4, 2015 at 9:39 | history | asked | Ahmad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |