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[John Cardew]

Well for what it's worth that quoted statement is present tense.

Ouch. Poor @Smug in Boots

 

[Disco down under]

Ouch. Poor @Smug in Boots

I'm sure Smug will manage just fine.

 

[Tel (they/them)]

To get the hang of this thread... Someone is saying the above is present tense and someone else is saying it's past?

That There's that also that somebody that knocking that about that who that says that you that have that to that put that the that word that 'that' that before that everything.

 

[Disco down under]

That There's that also that somebody that knocking that about that who that says that you that have that to that put that the that word that 'that' that before that everything.

I couldn't be arsed with quotation marks but I'd have put them in over "that".

 

[Tel (they/them)]

I couldn't be arsed with quotation marks but I'd have put them in over "that".

You're just going off topic now.

 

[Smug in Boots]

Well for what it's worth that quoted statement is present tense.

"They won't admit SS were right"

Fair enough, so what tense is "They won't admit SS are right"

If SS are now proved to be wrong does that mean the statement was actually in the past or is it still in the present?

 

[Disco down under]

You're just going off topic now.

Are they the ones that got renamed Snickers or was that Marathon?

 

[Nads]

I fancy a pint. What tense is that? Sunny as **** bit of a bastard that I'm wearing a 3-piece suit.

 

[jdsafc]

Are they the ones that got renamed Snickers or was that Marathon?

Why did the Twix never become known as the Raider though?

 

[Smug in Boots]

Are they the ones that got renamed Snickers or was that Marathon?

There's not much Twix the two tbh.

 

[Disco down under]

"They won't admit SS were right"

Fair enough, so what tense is "They won't admit SS are right"

If SS are now proved to be wrong does that mean the statement was actually in the past or is it still in the present?

Present tense again.

They "wouldn't" or "didn't" admit would be past tense. What comes after "admit" has no bearing on the tense of the sentence.

 

[Disco down under]

I fancy a pint. What tense is that? Sunny as **** bit of a bastard that I'm wearing a 3-piece suit.

The three piece suit automatically makes it a ****er tense.

 

[Nads]

The three piece suit automatically makes it a ****er tense.

Just cos you're a hobo lad

 

[Disco down under]

Just cos you're a hobo lad

Nah mate... Because I don't dress like Jamie Redknapp.

 

[Disco down under]

Just cos you're a hobo lad

Nah mate... Because I don't dress like Jamie Redknapp.

/ a used car salesman.

 

[Nads]

Nah mate... Because I don't dress like Jamie Redknapp.

It's uniform mate. It's Vivienne Westwood, it's actually smart as a dart like.

 

[Disco down under]

It's uniform mate. It's Vivienne Westwood, it's actually smart as a dart like.

Show off.

 

[Nads]

Show off.

Not really brother I didn't pay for it, ha.

 

[Tel (they/them)]

Present tense again.

They "wouldn't" or "didn't" admit would be past tense. What comes after "admit" has no bearing on the tense of the sentence.

Or future tense, it could be a prediction.

I read it as more of a prediction to be honest, as the present 'won't' indicates somebody has tried to get them to admit and the conclusive evidence is that they're displaying a characteristic to suggest they refuse to admit.

That's just me though, I'm almost certainly wrong about everything.

 

[Tel (they/them)]

I fancy a pint. What tense is that? Sunny as **** bit of a bastard that I'm wearing a 3-piece suite.

Bit warm to be carrying around a sofa and two arm chairs mate.