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This tag is for questions related to usage of the past tense in English.

Examples of questions using this tag

  • Why do some words have two past tense forms (e.g. "dreamed" vs. "dreamt")?
  • What's the negation of "I used to be"? Surely not "I didn't used to be"?
  • Is "must" ever grammatical as a past tense verb?
  • Are the verbs that are conjugated to end in "-n" in the past participle related?
  • Why do people sometimes use the past perfect form of a verb when the past would suffice? (e.g. "you had mentioned")
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