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Q&A Reasons for confusion over tenses in a story

When writing stories in past tense (which is majority of the time) whether it be an essay for class or an unassembled essay for home and in my own time, I often find myself writing some of my sente...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by kat‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:53:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar kat‭ · 2019-12-08T06:53:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
When writing stories in past tense (which is majority of the time) whether it be an essay for class or an unassembled essay for home and in my own time, I often find myself writing some of my sentences in the following way:

> "No!" I yelled, ignoring him completely.

I always get corrected with the words after the comma. I have been told it is not written in the right tense...I don't understand how the tense would be wrong?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-08-14T19:47:23Z (about 7 years ago)
Original score: 28