cathoberscaravan
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With apologies, I wasn't paying attention in English class, I think I took one once... Can one mix tenses in a sentence?
(Patagraph to this point is in present tense.) "Since we hadn’t planned on making dinner tonight, we stop and get Chinese take-out on the way home, Mu-shu pork and Kung-pao beef. (Sentence starts in past tense (,) returns to present tense)
(New paragraph - Five sentences in present tense as they wait for the food. Then a half sentence in past tense followed by rest of the paragraph in present tense.) That the last week has been great, that I love the way that he talks to me and not at me..."
Thank you.
(Patagraph to this point is in present tense.) "Since we hadn’t planned on making dinner tonight, we stop and get Chinese take-out on the way home, Mu-shu pork and Kung-pao beef. (Sentence starts in past tense (,) returns to present tense)
(New paragraph - Five sentences in present tense as they wait for the food. Then a half sentence in past tense followed by rest of the paragraph in present tense.) That the last week has been great, that I love the way that he talks to me and not at me..."
Thank you.