Mixing verb tenses: simple and continuous
The tardy sun now breaks through the dreary sky, bringing forth a few
scattering ribbons of April afternoon. Yesterday’s late-night blizzard
had transformed the world into a crystalline biosphere. Amidst the
frosty sea that is the backyard, stands THAT snow peach tree, with its
trunk, skinny and teeming with knotted knuckles, twisting upwards from
the white landscape. Tall, it stands, and bare of leaves. Its arms
heavily slump in fair blossoms. These flowers, beautifully abundant
every April, hastily wither by each passing wind. But because of last
night’s unexpected sleek, the tree now wears a thin coat of ice,
temporary entombing each petal from its impending fall.
Hi,
I am currently unsure about my usages of tense and in need of advice. This paragraph describes a tree in the backyard after a snowstorm.
Should the verbs: stands, slump and wears be changed to standing, slumping and wearing, so that the paragraph is consistent.
Please help,
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The tardy sun now breaks through the dreary sky, bringing forth a few
scattering ribbons of April afternoon. Yesterday’s late-night blizzard
had transformed the world into a crystalline biosphere. Amidst the
frosty sea that is the backyard, stands THAT snow peach tree, with its
trunk, skinny and teeming with knotted knuckles, twisting upwards from
the white landscape. Tall, it stands, and bare of leaves. Its arms
heavily slump in fair blossoms. These flowers, beautifully abundant
every April, hastily wither by each passing wind. But because of last
night’s unexpected sleek, the tree now wears a thin coat of ice,
temporary entombing each petal from its impending fall.
Hi,
I am currently unsure about my usages of tense and in need of advice. This paragraph describes a tree in the backyard after a snowstorm.
Should the verbs: stands, slump and wears be changed to standing, slumping and wearing, so that the paragraph is consistent.
Please help,
tenses
asked 10 hours ago
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Why should the paragraph be "consistent", as you call it? Is there something bad about having more than one construction in a paragraph? Where do these questions keep coming from??
– John Lawler
8 hours ago
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The tardy sun now breaks through the dreary sky, bringing forth a few
scattering ribbons of April afternoon. Yesterday’s late-night blizzard
had transformed the world into a crystalline biosphere. Amidst the
frosty sea that is the backyard, stands THAT snow peach tree, with its
trunk, skinny and teeming with knotted knuckles, twisting upwards from
the white landscape. Tall, it stands, and bare of leaves. Its arms
heavily slump in fair blossoms. These flowers, beautifully abundant
every April, hastily wither by each passing wind. But because of last
night’s unexpected sleek, the tree now wears a thin coat of ice,
temporary entombing each petal from its impending fall.
Hi,
I am currently unsure about my usages of tense and in need of advice. This paragraph describes a tree in the backyard after a snowstorm.
Should the verbs: stands, slump and wears be changed to standing, slumping and wearing, so that the paragraph is consistent.
Please help,
tenses
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The tardy sun now breaks through the dreary sky, bringing forth a few
scattering ribbons of April afternoon. Yesterday’s late-night blizzard
had transformed the world into a crystalline biosphere. Amidst the
frosty sea that is the backyard, stands THAT snow peach tree, with its
trunk, skinny and teeming with knotted knuckles, twisting upwards from
the white landscape. Tall, it stands, and bare of leaves. Its arms
heavily slump in fair blossoms. These flowers, beautifully abundant
every April, hastily wither by each passing wind. But because of last
night’s unexpected sleek, the tree now wears a thin coat of ice,
temporary entombing each petal from its impending fall.
Hi,
I am currently unsure about my usages of tense and in need of advice. This paragraph describes a tree in the backyard after a snowstorm.
Should the verbs: stands, slump and wears be changed to standing, slumping and wearing, so that the paragraph is consistent.
Please help,
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Why should the paragraph be "consistent", as you call it? Is there something bad about having more than one construction in a paragraph? Where do these questions keep coming from??
– John Lawler
8 hours ago
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Why should the paragraph be "consistent", as you call it? Is there something bad about having more than one construction in a paragraph? Where do these questions keep coming from??
– John Lawler
8 hours ago
Why should the paragraph be "consistent", as you call it? Is there something bad about having more than one construction in a paragraph? Where do these questions keep coming from??
– John Lawler
8 hours ago
Why should the paragraph be "consistent", as you call it? Is there something bad about having more than one construction in a paragraph? Where do these questions keep coming from??
– John Lawler
8 hours ago
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