tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post8273278565103159719..comments2024-03-14T10:31:26.918+00:00Comments on DCblog: On feeling closer, via Henry, to ShakespeareDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-940256416737612102015-08-09T17:54:56.007+00:002015-08-09T17:54:56.007+00:00'Now that' is here being used as a conjunc...'Now that' is here being used as a conjunction, not a temporal adverb, meaning 'since' or 'seeing that', so both past forms are possible. I did wonder whether to use a present perfect, actually, as the event still had current relevance when I wrote the comment; but, I reflected, this comment is going to be mainly read by people a long time after the event, when that form would feel anomalous, so I opted for the simple past. I added the date to alert the 500 or so people who had already read the original post - which didn't contain the reveal about the Dolphin - that there had been a change. I can't think of any context in which I would want to write such a sentence in formal prose.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-33735333468166141502015-08-08T10:35:57.235+00:002015-08-08T10:35:57.235+00:00The past revised is interesting here. In a sentenc...The past <b>revised</b> is interesting here. In a sentence beginning with <i>Now</i>, were you tempted to write <i>I have revised</i>? Is the parenthetic <i>(8 August)</i> an afterthought <b>justifying</b> the Past Simple? Or did it <b>trigger</b> the form? Do you think the sentence would call for a rewrite if expressed in formal prose?David Crosbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01858358459416955921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-83362268187442110872015-08-08T08:26:08.365+00:002015-08-08T08:26:08.365+00:00Now that the event is over, I revised this post (8...Now that the event is over, I revised this post (8 August), turning it into the past tense.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.com