I met my father in August. He lived in a different prefecture, so it had been a while.
I wrote this sentence but my English teacher said that I had to use “lives” instead of “lived”. I think “lived” is correct. Please tell me your opinions.
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It depends. What's your father's status now? He lived would mean the past which means it'd be then a different context.– Maulik VCommented Sep 17, 2019 at 5:04
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He still lives there.– YamacureCommented Sep 17, 2019 at 22:34
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I met my father in August. He lived in a different prefecture, so it had been a while.
People could answer this with "oh where does he live now?"
because 'lived' is in the past, something has changed
you could continue that with
He lived in a different prefecture first then moved to a different country
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1Not necessarily - it could be December and the father died in September. I met my father in August. He lived in a different prefecture, so it had been a while. He then passed away in September, so that was the last time I saw him– SmockCommented Sep 17, 2019 at 13:01
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The place of residence he lives in would still be the prefecture though. He either moves or dies to be lived– SmockCommented Sep 17, 2019 at 13:05
It depends, that what you mean by saying live, if your father has changed the address then you can use lived, but if he has not moved then you would say lives as he is still there.
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He still lives there. Then should I use “lives”? But a person who always wears glasses can “wore” glasses in the past, can’t he? Like “he wore glasses but it looked like sunglasses.”– YamacureCommented Sep 17, 2019 at 14:02