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When is it O.K. to shift tenses in a sentence?
A. When the writer signals a change in time
B. When a gerund is in the sentence
C. When the writer thinks it's O.K.
D. When a verb tense forms from the past indicative
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Final answer:

In English, it is okay to shift tenses in a sentence when the writer signals a change in time.

Step-by-step explanation:

In English, it is okay to shift tenses in a sentence when the writer signals a change in time. This is done to make the time difference clear to the reader. For example, if you are writing in the present tense but want to mention something that happened in the past, you would shift to the past tense.


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Answer:

A

Step-by-step explanation:

let's take an example assuming I'm a writer and I write the when I was you,I would play outside.Nowadays,I prefer reading books.You can see that the tense has changed cause we are talking about two different times

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