Why is "treated" in the past tense in "it's time we treated our teachers with the same level of respect..."?
8908
"It's time ... 'verb'/'verb-ed' ..."
126093
What verb tense do I use in this question?
156031
When a sentence includes a word like 'today' that indicates present time, can a past form of verb be used?
153477
Present Perfect Usage of "Think" for Recent Past
71896
"It was recommended that" + verb in present tense
49506
Can I use a present-tense verb when writing about a past event?
73062
Must present perfect tense be used if the action takes place more than once?
78336
past simple or present perfect
129337
Why does “today’s lesson” seem to be possessive?
133208
Why do you write "occurred" but "listened"?
149988
Why did The New York Times use the present simple to describe a past event?
148690
Should we use past tense in "Lugo admitted he is the father"?
135290
Why are news headlines in present tense if they refer to past events?
143716
Is such participle clause reducing usage constrained to only past tense?
157375
Had been/have been... tenses agreement
66188
Mixing past tenses in the same sentence
10566
Differences in meaning when the verb tense changes (headlines)