kilopee Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 I have a question about the English tense. Maybe someone here can point me in the right direction. Look at the following example, which is better English: A. I had blood test done last week. The result came back today, which shows that I am OK and healthy. B. I had blood test done last week. The result came back today, which showed that I was OK and healthy. Is A or B better? My wife thinks B is better, because every verb in the sentence is consistent, i.e. all in past tense. But my argument is that can "it showed me that I was OK" suggest that "the test can no longer show that I am still OK and healthy"? Since they are in past tense, it kind of saying: everything was past and I am no longer healthy and OK? What do you think? Thank you for your elucidation. You cannot be wrong using either phrase, George Washington "was" and "is" the first President of this country, period. Link to comment
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