Past tense or present tense  | |  When referring to someone in your past, do you say, "his name WAS" or do you say "his name IS".
I was just thinking of this girl I knew in second grade and I am 40 now, don't know if this person is alive or dead but if I were to describe her I would say, "I knew a girl in second grade that used to tease me and her name IS Sonja."
Is that proper to describe her in the present tense? I don't know if she is still alive so I say "is" just in case.
Does it matter?
Just curious. Hoping someone that is good at the English language could help me out here.
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 balasri (6041) | 11 months ago |  Her name is -if she is alive.And her name was-if she is no more.That is what is right I think.
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| balasri (6041) | 11 months ago | That was supposed to be addressed Seabeauty.Would you please pass it to her. | |
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| | 2.  roniroxas (4330) | 11 months ago |  if her name is still sonja then you use is. if she changed her name and then you can use was. even if he/she is dead when reffering to names you use is. my dad's name is Leleng, dead for 12 years now.
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| peanutjar (2248) | 11 months ago |  In grammar school we were taught to use the past as "was"."IS"meaning now and present time,they have to be here living.It would be like your dad is still alive if you used "is".Im sorry about your dad.
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