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Old 2010-12-25, 02:51   Link #4559
Kusa-San
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Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf View Post
Ah, I see.

No, the sentence should read:

"She did that because she loves him."


The verb "love" remains in present tense, because it is something she is doing right now, in the present time. Also, if the condition of "loving" is still true, then more so the reason that "love" should be in present tense. (If it were in past tense — "she loved him" — it implies she no longer does.)

The verb "do" is in simple past tense because she has already carried out the action.
Thank you very much for that. Now it's clear. I think I will edit some posts now
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