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Originally posted by dzsaigirl
So why do people always have "Attended the University of Texas and was a member of Chi Omega..." or whatever? *WAS* a member? That gives me issues.
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I understand what you mean in this post, and totally agree that there is a definate need to remember that we are members of our organization for life.
However, looking at it from a completely grammatical view...well it's a very basic rule not to change verb tense (I was taught never to change tense within a paragraph). It looks pretty bad to change tense in one sentance. Therefore since they usually say they
attended University of Texas, it only makes sense that they would continue using past tense. Who knows, copy editors may notice it and make the change.
Hope this didn't burst your bubble, but I think it's a decent explanation as to why it occurs.