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Present Perfect / Past Simple

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Ant_222  #480829  Sat, 23 Feb 08 10:25 PM
Good Time of Day!

  Well, I just read the list of members online and found this:

  --
  In the past 3 days, the most popular thread for  everyone  has
  been "Sample of formal letter writing". The post with the most
  views is "Live chat room". The most  replies  _were_  made  to
  "GUESS MY WORD"
  --

  The first two sentences are in a present tense while the  last
  one uses Past Simple. What's the reason?

Thanks in advance,
Anton
  
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Philip  #480838  Sat, 23 Feb 08 10:55 PM

Perhaps the writer just didn't want to use the same tense three times.  I'm sure someone could figure out a reason for each one, but they all seem interchangeable to me.

  
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Ant_222  #480846  Sat, 23 Feb 08 11:39 PM
OK, thanks!
  
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