halvar@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoTitlelemm.eeimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down114
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minus-squareImplyingImplicationslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoIt’s present-perfect tense, an archaic tense found mostly in poetry and old texts. Oppenheimer was quoting old poetry when he spoke it, so that’s why he kept the same tense. grammarphobia.com/i-am-become-death
minus-squarePenguinJuice@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThank you for the enlightening response!
minus-squareImplyingImplicationslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNo problem! Sorry you got downvotes for a question lol!
It’s present-perfect tense, an archaic tense found mostly in poetry and old texts. Oppenheimer was quoting old poetry when he spoke it, so that’s why he kept the same tense.
grammarphobia.com/i-am-become-death
Thank you for the enlightening response!
No problem! Sorry you got downvotes for a question lol!