[Grammar] past simple with time expression like Today
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MikeNewYork
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No, the word is fine. The comma after "today" isn't.
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I'd have a comma there.
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She didn't go to school today because she was ill. She went because she wasn't ill!
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Suppose she is still ill now (might be in the evening, do we use '...she was ill'?
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"She didn't go to school today. She's ill."
The use of "She's" (meaning "She is") shows that the sickness situation is ongoing.
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"She is ill, so she didn't go to school today." There's no ambiguity there.
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