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Now surround or Now Surrounded?
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 23, 2019 at 23:30 UTC (7:30pm US/Eastern)Adjective/adverb for “taboo”“going to” vs “will”“Blackness” vs “darkness”“We shouldn't do that, now * we?”meaning of “the rather,” “than,” respectivelyActive or passive?Present tense in Flashback story for something that is still true now?“Then this” vs “Then that”What does 'his bowels had turned to water' and ' He was a veteran of a hundred rangings by now' mean?the usage of “more than”
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"I then walk to a mirror to observe my dark brown eyes that have grown brighter with age and the fine lines that now surrounded my smile."
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"I then walk to a mirror to observe my dark brown eyes that have grown brighter with age and the fine lines that now surrounded my smile."
Should it be "now surrounded" or "now surround"?
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