"John and George are nice"
or
"John and George were nice",
Which one is correct if George is alive (and still nice), but John is dead (and obviously, not nice any more)?
Or am I forced to make two separate statements: "John was nice and George still is".
2006-08-12 10:02:10 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I know, Stu. I'm sorry I had to kill poor Old John for my example...
2006-08-12 10:13:49 · update #1
George was nice and so is John. That would be a nice way out of it.
2006-08-12 10:06:44 · answer #1 · answered by Cristian Mocanu 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
John was nice and George is nice
2006-08-12 11:47:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
John and George were nice, George still is.
2006-08-12 10:08:54 · answer #3 · answered by da_hammerhead 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably separate statements since John is dead and George is alive.
2006-08-12 10:07:30 · answer #4 · answered by musicrazy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on what you want to say furthermore, I mean the "picture" where you put them.
Another point would be that if you want to speak about them together, that must be in the past (since John is dead now), so the correct would be "John and George were nice".
2006-08-12 15:58:39 · answer #5 · answered by mirela t 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
John was so nice. Poor George.
2006-08-12 10:20:10 · answer #6 · answered by 1K 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
George is nice and John was nice
2006-08-12 10:04:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Poor John
2006-08-12 10:10:29 · answer #8 · answered by Mr looking for answers 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
How about "John was nice and George is too" ?
2006-08-12 10:08:07 · answer #9 · answered by fidget 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
John and George were nice.
2006-08-12 10:05:23 · answer #10 · answered by Arcie 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋