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toyg · 2019-06-05 02:20:17+00:00

Hence the use of past forms for verbs.

ihuk | karma 151 | avg karma 5.39 · | 2019-09-30 19:56:59+00:00

Hence the past tense.

bena | karma 3260 | avg karma 1.18 · | 2023-06-15 14:53:07

Which is why I used the past tense.

hacker_newz | karma 123 | avg karma 1.04 · | 2024-02-06 16:28:50

Why the past tense?

AlexandrB | karma 26643 | avg karma 5.26 · | 2023-10-09 13:22:24

Why past tense?

namdnay | karma 6257 | avg karma 3.06 · | 2023-11-13 07:51:28

that's why i used the past tense

tshaddox | karma 34165 | avg karma 8.68 · | 2021-01-22 22:40:39

If you're fond of this rule and want to remember to follow it, just consider how you would write the past tense of the verb.

ghshephard | karma 24055 | avg karma 4.4 · | 2015-04-15 23:12:33

Hence the past tense, which was deliberate.

crazydiamond | karma 316 | avg karma 0.91 · | 2010-08-20 05:43:45+00:00

Seems to be a convention. I prefer past tense too.

klyrs | karma 20410 | avg karma 2.5 · | 2022-10-21 14:31:57

Curious that you put all of those examples in the past tense.

hanoz | karma 5549 | avg karma 6.4 · | 2023-03-23 13:35:34

Sounds great. So why is all this in past tense?

munificent | karma 42023 | avg karma 6.65 · | 2022-05-02 17:15:29

Yes, definitely! I put it in the past tense only because I don't use it these days.

donw | karma 7032 | avg karma 3.82 · | 2010-07-21 20:07:34+00:00

Note the past tense.

maaku | karma 4566 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2015-07-04 21:26:35+00:00

Past tense.

joshuaheard | karma 2267 | avg karma 2.53 · | 2015-04-27 15:16:14

I'm not sure, but I think it is that where a verb itself refers to a past activity, like develop, putting it in the past tense then adding a modifier is a triple whammy, making it ungrammatical.

input_sh | karma 8112 | avg karma 4.66 · | 2021-05-20 13:26:32+00:00

Verbs that don't end with -ed in past tense. No rule, you just have to memorise all of them.

dillonmckay | karma 1132 | avg karma 1.24 · | 2019-05-19 12:43:09+00:00

past, as a preposition.

amitport | karma 1048 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2020-04-12 07:53:05

why use the past tense? It is still being sold and used.

jerf | karma 85298 | avg karma 5.28 · | 2013-01-11 10:27:11

Ah, yes, past tense, then.

zerr | karma 4218 | avg karma 1.52 · | 2023-09-19 12:01:41

Why is it in the past sentence?