Who stood tall

[chitraaa]

"The post-liberal rebel is no more the classic modern rebel of yore who stood tall against feudal oppression, imperial rule, and tyrannical regimes, upholding the progressive human values of the modern age like individual freedom."
in this sentence: Who stood tall or who used to stand tall?

 

[probus]

Stood tall is idiomatic and usual. You could use "used to" if you were of the opinion that such people have died out, but that is not the case.

 

[emsr2d2]

"The post-liberal rebel is no more the classic modern rebel of yore who stood tall against feudal oppression, imperial rule, and tyrannical regimes, upholding the progressive human values of the modern age like individual freedom."

In this sentence, who stood tall or who used to stand tall?

Note my corrections above. Also, please provide the source and author of the quoted text. You must do this every time you quote someone else's words on the forum, due to very strict copyright rules in the UK, where the forum is based.

 

[chitraaa]

Note my corrections above. Also, please provide the source and author of the quoted text. You must do this every time you quote someone else's words on the forum, due to very strict copyright rules in the UK, where the forum is based.

Thanks, but I wrote it myself.

 

[emsr2d2]

Thanks, but I wrote it myself.

Please make that clear in future posts or you'll end up being repeatedly asked for the source and author. I now realise that the corrections I made in my first response were the wrong corrections. I thought you didn't understand the passage and you needed to know who "stood tall" referred to. Your question should have been laid out differently, using quotation marks to make it clear. This is what I would have written:

In this sentence, should I use "who stood tall" or "who used to stand tall"?

 

[chitraaa]

Thanks for the reminder, will be careful next time.

 

[jutfrank]

I think it's much better as it is, with stood tall.

 

[emsr2d2]

Thanks for the reminder. I will be careful next time.

Remember to separate sentences with a full stop, not a comma, and to write complete sentences.

 

[Tdol]

Used to implies a failure in the current generation.