Sentence examples for right tense from inspiring English sources

The phrase "right tense" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the appropriate grammatical tense to use in a sentence or context.
Example: "Make sure you use the right tense when describing past events."
Alternatives: "correct tense" or "appropriate tense".

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Is this the right tense?

But once I found the right tense to use, I was able to write at high speed and confidence.

The verb tables couldn't be easier to use: Select the right tense from a menu and pick the right conjugation for the subject "I" through "he, she, it".

Anyway, this is what it says: You add the infinitive, sit, the present participle, sitting, or the past participle, sat, to an auxiliary verb to get the right tense.

It takes some sorting out to get us in the right tense.

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Strong arguments also take place in the right verb tense, with most successful political argumentation being deliberative (debating future options, and thus taking place in the future tense), vs. forensic (usually laying blame -- past tense) or demonstrative (celebrating or bemoaning the current state of things -- present tense).

To my right, a tense tight explosion of a game with South Africa going beserk in pursuit of the unpursuable.

Starting with your right foot, tense the muscles for eight seconds and allow yourself to really feel that tension.

"We issued the statement because we are worried that various groups, including women, can lose civil rights under tense political times like now," said Asieh Amini, a lawyer and women's rights advocate living in Oslo.

In this religious and traditional society, the tug of war between advocates and opponents of gay rights remains tense.

The jacket copy labels White "the godfather of rock-star chefs," and the cover displays a sexy, menacing portrait, by the art photographer Bob Carlos Clarke, of White in his prime: his hair Euro-wavy like a Fiat heir's, his face elegantly gaunt, his muscular right forearm tensed as he ominously clutches a cleaver.

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