[Grammar] Take After

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Hiii my helpful teachers how are you doing?
I am a little confused with the phrasal verb "To take after".
Alina takes after her grand sister. Is this sentence correct? I mean the tense. Would it be better if I used the simple past?
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Hiii my helpful teachers how are you doing?
I am a little confused with the phrasal verb "To take after".
Alina takes after her grand sister. Is this sentence correct? I mean the tense. Would it be better if I used the simple past?
Thanks in advance.



Hi,
You'd normally see that in the same form (simple present) as it refers to a general fact. Here it means that Alina resembles her sister in appearance/character, which is a way to describe somebody.
You might also hear, 'It's her sister she takes after!'.



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Hiii my helpful teachers how are you doing?
I am a little confused with the phrasal verb "To take after".
Alina takes after her grand sister. Is this sentence correct? I mean the tense. Would it be better if I used the simple past?
Thanks in advance.

"To take after" means to be similar in mannerisms, personality etc. To use the past tense would suggest that Alina is deceased and I don't understand what you refer to as a "grand sister" unless you are using "grand" as an adjective meaning lovely or special in some way.
 

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"To take after" means to be similar in mannerisms, personality etc. To use the past tense would suggest that Alina is deceased and I don't understand what you refer to as a "grand sister" unless you are using "grand" as an adjective meaning lovely or special in some way.

I meant by "grand" "wonderful" and "impressive"
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I meant by "grand" "wonderful" and "impressive"
Thank you.
We would not normally use 'grand' in this way, unless her sister were a really imposing figure.
 

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We would not normally use 'grand' in this way, unless her sister were a really imposing figure.


She was really imposing :)
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