A sweet sentence

[Nightmare85]

Hello guys,
That sentence came into my mind some days ago:
Has someone already told you how cute you were?

I have two questions:
1. Shouldn't it be anyone because it's a question?
2. Is were correct, which would mean that are is wrong?
I don't think it's the same as, "He said I was cute." :up:
Or like, "I told you you were cute." :up:

This means I would tend to use this version:
Has anyone already told you how cute you are?

Cheers!

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello guys,
That sentence came into my mind some days ago:
Has someone already told you how cute you were?

I have two questions:
1. Shouldn't it be anyone because it's a question?
2. Is were correct, which would mean that are is wrong?
I don't think it's the same as, "He said I was cute." :up:
Or like, "I told you you were cute." :up:

This means I would tend to use this version:
Has anyone already told you how cute you are?

Cheers!

I agree, though I wouldn't use "already". "Ever" would work better.

Has anyone ever told you how cute you are?

 

[birdeen's call]

Why do you want to use "were"? Do you want to say that she was cute in the past?

 

[Nightmare85]

Thank you for your replies.

@birdeen's call:
It's not about past.
It's like this sentence:
I thought you were a teacher.
This sentence does not mean that the person is not a teacher anymore.
If you really want to talk about the past, you can add Simple Past elements:
I thought you were a teacher once. -> Clearly understandable that he doesn't seem to be a teacher anymore.

My thought was that I still have to use were in the sentence:
Has anyone ever told you how cute you are?

I believe we should use were if the sentence is:
Has anyone ever told you you were cute?

It seems both sentences have a different structure, that's why are is correct for sentence #1.

Cheers!

 

[birdeen's call]

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It seems both sentences have a different structure, that's why are is correct for sentence #1.

I agree. The sentence in question is in the present perfect tense. As it's a present tense, we don't say "were" afterwards, we say "are". It's just my opinion though.