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1, I saw it flash once, then go back.
saw is past form, but why flash and go is present form?
2, Things changing for me in city.
Why there isn't "is" before changing?
3, what are the differents between "in which“ ”at which" " to which"?
Thank you.
saw is past form, but why flash and go is present form?
2, Things changing for me in city.
Why there isn't "is" before changing?
3, what are the differents between "in which“ ”at which" " to which"?
Thank you.
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Firstly - corrections:
saw is past tense, but why are flash and go in present tense?
Why isn't there an "is" before changing?
3, what are the differences between "in which“ ”at which" and " to which"?
1: Hmm - I've learnt something about English grammar. I obviously know how it works, but never thought about it.
You can break it down as 'I saw (something). The something was 'it flashed and came back'. So seeing was in the past, but what you experienced is described in the present. That is a general form. 'I heard him whisper and scratch his beard'.
2: Not is - but are. 'Things' are plural. You are right that there should be an 'are' in there. There should also be a 'the' before city. It would be possible to drop the 'are' if it was a compound statement rather than a sentence. But the 'the' should always be there. So it would be OK to say "Describing the things happening to me in the City".
3: To know which to use - just ignore the 'which'. Things that you can be in - use 'in which'. Similarly things that you can be at, or things you can go to.
'The beautiful dress in which I got married', 'The city in which I live'
'The park at which I play', 'The stage in my life at which I decided to stop stealing'.
'The station to which I am going'. 'The limits to which I will go'.
saw is past tense, but why are flash and go in present tense?
Why isn't there an "is" before changing?
3, what are the differences between "in which“ ”at which" and " to which"?
1: Hmm - I've learnt something about English grammar. I obviously know how it works, but never thought about it.
You can break it down as 'I saw (something). The something was 'it flashed and came back'. So seeing was in the past, but what you experienced is described in the present. That is a general form. 'I heard him whisper and scratch his beard'.
2: Not is - but are. 'Things' are plural. You are right that there should be an 'are' in there. There should also be a 'the' before city. It would be possible to drop the 'are' if it was a compound statement rather than a sentence. But the 'the' should always be there. So it would be OK to say "Describing the things happening to me in the City".
3: To know which to use - just ignore the 'which'. Things that you can be in - use 'in which'. Similarly things that you can be at, or things you can go to.
'The beautiful dress in which I got married', 'The city in which I live'
'The park at which I play', 'The stage in my life at which I decided to stop stealing'.
'The station to which I am going'. 'The limits to which I will go'.
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