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Zora
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Depends if you are referring to something in the past or present - (history is a relative thing... )
Like:
One of the most successful books in history was "Romeo and Juliet".
**Depends if it still is or not... at one time it obviously was... but now it isn�t...
Compared to:
One of the most successful books in history is "The Bible"... - It still is popular so therefore you would use "is".
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6 Feb 2009
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Mietz
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Really "is"? I would have considered "has been" ... (unfinished past). But I�m not a native speaker.
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6 Feb 2009
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eng789
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I think it should be "was" because like (I think) you said - "in history" can be considered a time expression in the past.
The next 2 sentences are -
Do you remember (you/remember) the monster shark in the movie?
It looked (look) so scary but, it was made (make) out of metal and rubber.
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6 Feb 2009
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Zora
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To Mietz... history is a continuous thing encompassing present and past times... so I�d use either the present OR the past depending on what I want to express...
And to Eng789,
those sentences are correct. 
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6 Feb 2009
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Mietz
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I love this site. I never stop learning! Thanks to all of you!
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6 Feb 2009
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mylena87
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the correct would be did u live or had you lived. Have u lived implys that u still live there |
6 Feb 2009
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HARIM
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had lived there before coming here is the correct tense because it�s the past before the past.
has been one of the best books in history is the correct tense because it was,is and may remain as long as history.
Do you remember now it looked scary/it was made of because I�m talking about the monster in the movie (we saw)
hope it�s clear
Have a nice day |
6 Feb 2009
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eng789
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Thanks harim,
Have a great weekend. |
6 Feb 2009
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wall05
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Contary to popular opinion we do not have to use the past perfect to express the past of the past as it were. Past perfect can be used in this situation but "did you live" sounds perfectly o.k.
Moreover eng789, you are a native speaker but what about your colleagues. Are they also native speakers? I certainly hope not. I am personally learning Spanish and know the grammar pretty well but if a native Spanish speaker told me that something I said didn�t sound correct I wouldn�t argue. They would probably not be able to explain why it is incorrect but that doesn�t matter. If it sounds incorrect to them then it is incorrect. |
6 Feb 2009
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HARIM
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Wall05.
Do you have any arguments or you are just talking for the sake of talking.
How dare you say"If it sounds incorrect to natives then it is incorrect"
Lannguage isn�t a matter of taste.It�s a set of rules that even some natives should learn before they become teachers.There are some non native speakers who are better than me at my mother tongue.
eng789.
You shouldn�t blame your students for your mistakes.
Nice weekend |
6 Feb 2009
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