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    11 months ago

    “Just seen” is an example of a participle element of English tenses that doesn’t align with the formal rules of the English language but has become common colloquialism in many English dialects.

    The correct tense concept to classify it under is past-present tense. Not past tence or present tence, as it’s talking about a past event from the perspective of the present.

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      11 months ago

      How does auto-incorrect go and spell tense both the right and wrong way multiple times in two sentences…