Why is the past tense used in a clause related to the present
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It's time I go to bed vs It's time I went to bed?
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Simple past vs. past perfect
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Why is 'present perfect' present if it happened in the past? And why is it 'perfect'?
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Past participle used as a noun?
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“have despatched...yesterday” vs. “despatched … yesterday”
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What is the historic present tense?
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Why do native speakers use the present continuous tense when talking about people in a picture? Why not the past continuous tense?
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Simple past tense vs. perfect past tense
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Present-perfect-tense vs. Simple-past-tense
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Can we use the present perfect in this case?
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Present Perfect with the word "ago"?
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Present tense for future events
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How do the tens­es and as­pects in English cor­re­spond tem­po­ral­ly to one an­oth­er?
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Usage of past tenses with "wish"
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present tense with past perfect?
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Shakespeare Use of present tense narrating a past action
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Verb agreement for something that was discussed in the past, while the issue still exists in the present