Dec. 15, 2021
I enjoyed hearing you talk about books, Journey to the West, and your studies.
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In this sentence, can I change "talk" to "talked"? I am wondering that "enjoyed" is past tense, but why is "talk" in present simple tense?
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I enjoyed hearing you talk about books, Journey to the West, and your studies.
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I enjoyed hearing you talk about books, Journey to the West, and your studies.
In this sentence, can I change "talk" to "talked"?
>> No, it wouldn't be correct to just substitue "talk" with "talked" here. Some more rewrite would be needed (see below).
I am wondering that "enjoyed" is past tense, but why is "talk" in present simple tense?
>> You have to remember that English language usage is not the most logical! I think that what the sentence is saying here is:
"I enjoyed hearing your talk about ..."
So, "talk" here would appear to be acting like a noun, rather than a verb. Without researching this topic further, I think this is the best I can do to answer your question just now: other commentators might have a better explanation! Another way to say this whilst keeping "talk" as a verb would be:
"I enjoyed hearing about books (etc) when you were talking about them/ talked about them/ were talking on the subject of them."
Hopefully, the above gives you some help!
Sincerely,
mjm
I am wondering thatwhy "enjoyed" is in the past tense, but why iswhile "talk" ins in the present simple tense?
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"talked" 不正确
这个句子的"talk"是不定时(infinitive)
主要动词是"heard",它显示时态
在主要动词的补语 ,不定时就够了
Sorry for my bad Chinese, I think it's better to explain such things in one's native language
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