past event

Nightmare · Nov 16, 2020

How to describe past events in the present day? I get confused with the mix of present and past tense in such sentence formation.
Can you please provide an example?

teechar · Nov 16, 2020

Nightmare said:
How [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] can I describe past events in the present day?

That doesn't make much sense. What do you mean by "in the present day"?

Nightmare said:
I get confused with the mix of present and past tense in such sentence formation.
Can you please provide an example?

No. You give us the example, and we'll give you our suggestions/advice.

Nightmare · Nov 17, 2020

is it a correct sentence ? I get confused with this type of sentence structure.

I knew that he gives his son 50$ (// past + present mixed)

emsr2d2 · Nov 17, 2020

Nightmare said:
I get confused with this type of sentence structure.

Is [STRIKE]it a[/STRIKE] the following sentence correct?

I knew that he gives his son 50 dollars. [STRIKE]$ (//[/STRIKE] (past + present mixed)

Note my corrections above.

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