milan2003_07
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In Oxford English Grammar by Michael Swan I've found the following sentence (actually, there're two sentences on this topic and I'll provide one). It illustrates the usage of the past simple tense:
"Those people we met in Paris were very nice".
Can we say "Those people we met in Paris are very nice".
The book recommends we use the past tense, but I think I've seen the present tense as well in other sources. Will it be a mistake to use "are"?
In Oxford English Grammar by Michael Swan I've found the following sentence (actually, there're two sentences on this topic and I'll provide one). It illustrates the usage of the past simple tense:
"Those people we met in Paris were very nice".
Can we say "Those people we met in Paris are very nice".
The book recommends we use the past tense, but I think I've seen the present tense as well in other sources. Will it be a mistake to use "are"?