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tanguatlay
 
Reply Sat 20 Jan, 2018 03:17 pm
When I come into the classroom, I find that I am the first one. Then I say to myself, " Good, I am the first!"

After a while, most of the students arrive, then I tell my friend, "Hey, I am the first one to arrive today!"

A moment later, the teacher comes. She asks,"Who was the first to come today?"

Should it be "was" instead of "am"?

Thanks.
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centrox
 
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Reply Sat 20 Jan, 2018 03:27 pm
You could use either. The teacher could equally well have said "Who is the first person to arrive today?"
tanguatlay
 
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Reply Sat 20 Jan, 2018 04:24 pm
@centrox,
centrox wrote:

You could use either. The teacher could equally well have said "Who is the first person to arrive today?"

Thanks, centrox.
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PUNKEY
 
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Reply Sun 21 Jan, 2018 01:45 pm
She asks,"Who was the first to come today?"


I would match the verb of the question: "I was"

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