Friday, April 15, 2016

How to deal with things that still exist when writing in past tense?


Say I write this:



I lived near Les Gobelins, which was a beautiful intersection full of trees.



Should it be this?



I lived near Les Gobelins, which is a beautiful intersection full of trees.



Les Gobelins is a neighborhood and a stop on the Paris Métro, and it existed when I was there and it still exists today. So is it is or was ?



Both are correct so long as you're consistent. Right? It's a style/mood thing, right? Right?




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