Philo@lemmy.zip to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoThe past, present and future walked into a bar. It was tense.message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down14
arrow-up1157arrow-down1message-squareThe past, present and future walked into a bar. It was tense.Philo@lemmy.zip to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down2·edit-29 months agoI would go with, “It was a tense gathering” to take the joke past perfect.
minus-squareHaagel@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoIsn’t past perfect “it had been a tense gathering”?
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoThat’s an aspect I didn’t consider but there are others you haven’t
I would go with, “It was a tense gathering” to take the joke past perfect.
Isn’t past perfect “it had been a tense gathering”?
That’s an aspect I didn’t consider but there are others you haven’t