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[From a Youtube video]
Oslo, Norway
- Summer Walk 2022 - 4K/60fps HDR - Walking Tour
**This Video Vlog is Made to show the city and the environment, if you are present on this video and you don't want to be please contact me or comment on this video and i will make sure that you are not on this video anymore.**
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Me: Should it be "was"?
Friend: It doesn't have to be "was". "Is made for" often is present tense as in the song "these boots are made for walking". Also, doesn't apply just to "made", e.g. "this book is written for people like us."
Me: But didn't "made" happen in the past?
Friend: Yes, but we can also talk about the constitution of something which is still true in the present. "This jam is made from strawberries." Of course you could say it was made from strawberries and that'd also be true, but its makeup hasn't changed. "This washing machine is dented." Actually the washing machine was dented in the past, but we can still talk about it being that way now.
Me: Some but not all participles can describe an aspect of a thing almost like adjectives do. So I would say play safe and use the past tense.
Friend: It's not "some but not all participles", it's more like "some but not all interpretations describe". Made, dented, written have all shown how both ways work because participles have two "sides" (a more verbal one and a more adjectival one).
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If you don't mind, I would like to hear your opinions about this question.
Oslo, Norway
- Summer Walk 2022 - 4K/60fps HDR - Walking Tour**This Video Vlog is Made to show the city and the environment, if you are present on this video and you don't want to be please contact me or comment on this video and i will make sure that you are not on this video anymore.**
(Source)
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Me: Should it be "was"?
Friend: It doesn't have to be "was". "Is made for" often is present tense as in the song "these boots are made for walking". Also, doesn't apply just to "made", e.g. "this book is written for people like us."
Me: But didn't "made" happen in the past?
Friend: Yes, but we can also talk about the constitution of something which is still true in the present. "This jam is made from strawberries." Of course you could say it was made from strawberries and that'd also be true, but its makeup hasn't changed. "This washing machine is dented." Actually the washing machine was dented in the past, but we can still talk about it being that way now.
Me: Some but not all participles can describe an aspect of a thing almost like adjectives do. So I would say play safe and use the past tense.
Friend: It's not "some but not all participles", it's more like "some but not all interpretations describe". Made, dented, written have all shown how both ways work because participles have two "sides" (a more verbal one and a more adjectival one).
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If you don't mind, I would like to hear your opinions about this question.
