Kyoma
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- Mar 12, 2011
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- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Taiwan
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- Hong Kong
I read a book and there was this sentence:
Neither Alex or Stephen was able to unlock the muscles of his neck and make him look downward.
"was" = past tense
"make" = present tense
I don't understand.
And then, there's this sentence "She made him convulse with joy". I'm not sure about this but I believe that "convulse" has to be in the present tense 'cause the sentence is in a S-V-0-V (subject-verb-object-verb) format and the second verb has to be in the present form. Am I correct on this?
Neither Alex or Stephen was able to unlock the muscles of his neck and make him look downward.
"was" = past tense
"make" = present tense
I don't understand.
And then, there's this sentence "She made him convulse with joy". I'm not sure about this but I believe that "convulse" has to be in the present tense 'cause the sentence is in a S-V-0-V (subject-verb-object-verb) format and the second verb has to be in the present form. Am I correct on this?