[文法] 在過去時間陳述一般性事實?
如果是在過去的時間,陳述一個直到現在都為真的事實,
那陳述內容究竟是寫現在式還是過去式呢?
例如:
Yesterday, she told me she "was" a doctor.
(I thought she was a nurse.)
這裡的"was"不是強調語氣,只是為了方便看而已,
不過這裡應該用was嗎?那這樣有沒有意味她已經不再是一個doctor?
或者這裡不見得有這種意涵,但這種ambiguity是必須用情境或其他補充說明來釐清的?
另一個例子,我在網路上查到以下句子:
When did Galilee discover that the Earth revolved around the Sun?
所以是不是在過去式的句子裡,勢必要一致用過去式來陳述一般性事實呢?
謝謝!
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