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A Grammar of Present-day English by I.P. Krylova.
"The note (to say) that you are to blame." "She (to lie)." "Who (to lie)."
The answer keys: says, lies, lies.
I can't understayd why. I did: says, is lying, is lying.
My reasoning: The note says - it is a performative. Is lying - distributing wrong information at the current period. She wrote the note (in the past), now we can see the lie in the present, and later if she is asked, she will also be telling untruth.
I seem to have been wrong in my reasoning. Could you tell me whether all of these cases are performatives? Or why the present simple is used here each time?
"The note (to say) that you are to blame." "She (to lie)." "Who (to lie)."
The answer keys: says, lies, lies.
I can't understayd why. I did: says, is lying, is lying.
My reasoning: The note says - it is a performative. Is lying - distributing wrong information at the current period. She wrote the note (in the past), now we can see the lie in the present, and later if she is asked, she will also be telling untruth.
I seem to have been wrong in my reasoning. Could you tell me whether all of these cases are performatives? Or why the present simple is used here each time?