does this mean future? or past?
I can imagine his astonishment when she asked him marry her,,,
does it mean when she ask in the future? or already did?
2007-07-15 17:28:07 · 11 answers · asked by Aiko 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Sounds like it's being told in the present, about the past.
2007-07-15 17:31:20 · answer #1 · answered by A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can = this happens in the present
Asked = this happened in the past.
She is presently imagining the way the man looked when the woman asked him to marry her at some point in the past.
2007-07-15 17:32:19 · answer #2 · answered by TychaBrahe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The event already occurred. It is in the past. The person imagining it, is doing so in the present.
2007-07-15 19:12:03 · answer #3 · answered by gldnsilnc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means it already happened...like 2 people talking one says "he was astonished when she asked him to marry her" the other says "i can imagine his astonishment..."...asked would be past tense
2007-07-15 17:35:04 · answer #4 · answered by taylor b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since "asked" is in the past so it means she already did it.
2007-07-15 19:27:28 · answer #5 · answered by p|nky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I can imagine" is in the present tense, but "she asked him" could be even the near past (even an hour or so would be the past) because it has already happened.
2007-07-15 17:35:14 · answer #6 · answered by jan51601 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's the past.
If it was the future, it would say:
I can imagine his astonishment when she asks him to marry her.
2007-07-15 17:31:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's in the present, but is reflecting on something in the past.
2007-07-15 18:29:02 · answer #8 · answered by Hockeydude628 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the questions states that she 'asked' him to marry her...asked is past tense therefore the sentence was refering to something that had already happened...therefore its in past tense.
2007-07-15 17:56:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Asked" is a past tense verb, so this event already happened.
2007-07-15 17:32:08 · answer #10 · answered by Eileen K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋