kwfine
Member
- Joined
- Feb 3, 2008
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- British English
- Home Country
- Australia
- Current Location
- Hong Kong
Dear teachers,
I wrote this in my dairy:
The story happened a few days ago.
The item offerer is a Chinese, and he only accepted payment through traditional Bank.
I used present tense for the first part of the second sentence:
"The item offerer is a Chinese,"
and I used past tense for the second part:
"and he only accepted payment through traditional Bank."
Is this correct?
I used present tense for the first part of the second sentence,
because I think his nationality won't change and will remain the same.
Our English teacher told us that we should use present tense if we want to describe what regularly happens, what usually happens, or what always happens, e.g.
the sun rises in the east and set in the west.
Please help, teachers.
I wrote this in my dairy:
The story happened a few days ago.
The item offerer is a Chinese, and he only accepted payment through traditional Bank.
I used present tense for the first part of the second sentence:
"The item offerer is a Chinese,"
and I used past tense for the second part:
"and he only accepted payment through traditional Bank."
Is this correct?
I used present tense for the first part of the second sentence,
because I think his nationality won't change and will remain the same.
Our English teacher told us that we should use present tense if we want to describe what regularly happens, what usually happens, or what always happens, e.g.
the sun rises in the east and set in the west.
Please help, teachers.