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Chicago Style Workout 70 Verb Tenses - CMOS Shop Talk
| Chicago Style Workout 70: Verb Tenses - CMOS Shop Talk CMOS Shop Talk From the Chicago Manual of...Manual of Style Contact Join Chicago Style Workout 70: Verb Tenses Chicago Manual / October 25, 2022 It’s...about Time Verb tenses are all about establishing the time that something happened: past, present... |
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| matter what tense they write in? There appear to be two views: past tense, because the events have...passed and the kids are no longer in the mentioned year, and present tense, because past tense can...simply seem weird. (For instance, writing about the school’s mascot—a live Labrador—in past tense seems... |
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| FAQ Item Usage and Grammar Q. Chicago recommends using the present tense when discussing the...actions of characters in literature. But I often face questions about verb tense when discussing the...should I instead render the verb in the past tense? Would the answer change if Blomley had written his... |
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| FAQ Item Usage and Grammar Q. Tense is confusing me, and it’s probably because I’m overanalyzing...everything. Please help! Aren’t the two verb tenses saying the same thing? And if so, is paragraph...consistency the deciding factor on which tense to use? “The early work focused/focuses on . . .” “Once... |
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| FAQ Item Citation, Documentation of Sources Q. Dear Chicago, what verb tense do you recommend for...the literature review section of a scholarly article? APA insists on the past tense, arguing that any...English literature, on the other hand, discuss works in the present tense because readers always... |
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| FAQ Item Usage and Grammar Q. What is the past tense for text? I use text as in “I text her...past tense, so with a new verb like text, that’s the default. With increased usage, a nonstandard past... tense could eventually establish itself, but until then, use the standard verb form.... |
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| FAQ Item Usage and Grammar Q. I often find myself with questions about verb tense in indirect...speech. When the main verb is in the past tense (e.g., said, argued), should subordinate verbs also be...position on it? A. We don’t have a position on it, because writers must be free to use the tense that... |
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| manuscript for a children’s fiction book that has been written in present tense. A few months back, when...Americanizing another manuscript, I changed it from present tense to past tense. Although I have no...citable rule to back up my decision, I feel as if these books should be written in past tense. Present... |
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| FAQ Item Usage and Grammar Q. I am writing a short story in first person. Does the tense need to be...keep in mind that extended passages in the present tense can become tedious. It’s sometimes effective...your story. Write a paragraph in the present tense and then rewrite it in the past, and see which sets the tone you want.... |
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| FAQ Item Usage and Grammar Q. How would you style the past tense of “green-light”—“green-lighted... tense there: “lit” (“lighted” is an equal variant). You might also take a look at Merriam-Webster’s...usage note on the subject, which explains that “green-lighted,” once the dominant past-tense form, has... |
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