did not spring = sprang! this is a great explanation
But supposed the verb after not was simple past.. Can this still be parallel to a past verb? If we try to generalize this as verb phrases then we need not be very particular about verb tenses?
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(C) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but
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But supposed the verb after not was simple past.. Can this still be parallel to a past verb? If we try to generalize this as verb phrases then we need not be very particular about verb tenses?
please helpexplain
egmat wrote:
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"srikirs007"]But if we need to maintain parallelism, spring is just in base form where as evolved is past tense . Can someone please explain this?
(C) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but
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