Cute572  +  540197 Sat, 12 Jul 08 12:00 AM I am writing an incident and line comes whose tenses confused me. Help me please and check this! My recent incident gave me the chance to know these people as human beings and not the monster that rips our teeth out.  Thanks!   Cute572 Joined on Mon, Apr 28 2008 Full Member 203 Glitter Graphics Tenses

	Mr Wordy  +  540226 Sat, 12 Jul 08 01:01 AM The tenses are fine. However, there is an incompatibility between "human beings" (plural) and "monster" (singular). Mr Wordy Joined on Tue, May 27 2008 Senior Member 2,359 Native British English speaker Plurals, Tenses

	CalifJim  +  540227 Sat, 12 Jul 08 01:07 AM Cute572 “I am writing about an incident and line comes whose the tenses confused me in one of the lines. Help me please and check this! My recent incident gave me the chance to know these people as human beings and not the monster that rips our teeth out.  Thanks!” A recent incident gave me the chance to know these people as human beings and not (as) the monsters that rip our teeth out. (I don't think I'd say my incident.  The incident doesn't belong to me.) CJ  CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,389 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Tenses

	Cute572  +  540234 Sat, 12 Jul 08 01:14 AM CJ I am writing my own some incident then also using "My incident" would be inappropriate And thanks for correcting my above sentences as well   Cute572

	CalifJim  +  540236 Sat, 12 Jul 08 01:19 AM Cute572 “then also using "My incident" would be inappropriate” Yes.  In English we don't normally say "my incident" when we mean "an incident that happened to me".  CJ  CalifJim

	Cute572  +  540258 Sat, 12 Jul 08 01:49 AM   What about an incident like my first visit to some place or driving the car for the first time? Then it be my incident?   Cute572

	CalifJim  +  540291 Sat, 12 Jul 08 03:23 AM  No.  It's never your incident.  Incidents don't belong to people.  They happen to people. CJ  CalifJim