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25 Jan 2018
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
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English (US)
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What is the difference between Swimming is banned in the lake. and Swimming was banned in the lake. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Swimming is banned in the lake. and Swimming was banned in the lake. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
“Swimming is banned in the lake.” is in the present tense.
“Swimming was banned in the lake.” is in the past tense.
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- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
這句本身就不太對喔
我知道這句的意思是在湖裡游泳是被禁止的
可是用英文這樣講會變成 在這個湖裡面 游泳是被禁止的 中文好像有道理可是英文就很奇怪
所以說It is banned to swim in this lake
然後像樓上講的is是現在
現在是被禁止的
Was是過去 過去是被禁止的但是現在可以了
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