the full sentence is."""" Montressor is also affected by the setting, “My heart grew sick; it was the dampness of the catacombs that made it so.”""""
my teacher only wants things in present tense...at first when i was scanning for mistakes i thought this was one but now that i see that it's is affected i'm not so sure.also if this is not in present tense please give me suggestions on how to rephrase the sentence.
2007-03-10 16:59:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
another one to add....get...past or present?
2007-03-10 17:00:18 · update #1
are...past or present?
2007-03-10 17:06:34 · update #2
don't know if you idiots realized but i obviously put quotes around somthing so i was citing my work, yeah it's in past tense but i can't change the literature!
2007-03-10 17:17:45 · update #3
It's present simple tense passive.
The active of that sentence would be "The setting affects Montressor".
2007-03-11 04:47:09 · answer #1 · answered by Earthling 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The sentence should be Montressor was also affected by the setting. Affected is a past tense. Is is a present tense, cant mix the two.
Get is present tense, got is past tense. ie, can you get me the new Fall Out Boy cd? ie. I've got the new FOB cd.
2007-03-11 01:05:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is affected is present tense because of the word is.
If it really bothers you though, change it to "The setting also affects Montressor.." That will change it from passive to active voice and teachers generally prefer active voice.
Get is also present tense.
2007-03-11 01:04:59 · answer #3 · answered by Jessica LeAnn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the phrase "is affected", "affected" is not acting like a verb (at least, not in the sense that you mean). The verb here is "is", and so the sentence is in present tense.
"get" is present tense "I get the book down from the shelf."
2007-03-11 01:03:04 · answer #4 · answered by Qwyrx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The words..."is also" indicate the present tense....that other part is not the main verb, but a quote within the sentence.
2007-03-11 01:09:26 · answer #5 · answered by justme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is affected is present
grew sick is past so you may try.. My heart feels/grows/is/seems sick
it was the dampness - is also past.. not sure if that needs to be present as well.. if it does use - it is the dampness of the catacombs that makes it so...
2007-03-11 01:15:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Montressor is affected" is in the present tense however "my heart grew sick" is not.
"get" is also present tense.
2007-03-11 01:05:22 · answer #7 · answered by Alexa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joshua is wrong, everyone else is right. 'Is' is the verb, and it's in the present tense. You can't say 'is affect'. It's the same as 'is grown', 'is driven', etc.
2007-03-11 01:12:26 · answer #8 · answered by normobrian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are talking about in the present then its a PRESENT TENSE else its PAST TENSE
the same with GET
2007-03-11 01:08:52 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's present if you mean that's still being affected. Otherwise it would be "was affected" instead of "is affected."
2007-03-11 01:04:07 · answer #10 · answered by Heather 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋