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Poll: 'Now' ____ be used with the past tense.

'Now' ____ be used with the past tense.

can
cannot

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This Poll:

  • Votes: 580
  • Comments: 8
  • Added: July 2004

Comments:

engerie

cannot

Geoff

It is often used in past narratives:

She was now feeling tense....

...

Hmm... "She now felt tense." I wonder.

Peter John

I told her "now was not the time".

ishana

'Now" means
'At the (present) movement'
therefor It should use in present tense.

Tiptoes

That was an easy one

ShahofBlah

Unsure but:," Now I knew that he had lied"

Ashok

Now, was that wrong?

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