Background Pony #AB28
@Scarlet Ribbon
Got it. Thx!
Got it. Thx!
Posts
Search Results
General Discussion » When did Tantabus.ai be founded? » Post 5
@Background Pony #AB28
I’m not an English teacher, but I’ll do my best to explain.
I’m not an English teacher, but I’ll do my best to explain.
“When was” is used to ask about the state of something in the past, typically focusing on a singular subject, while “when did” is used to ask about a specific action that happened in the past, requiring a verb following the subject to complete the question. Technically ‘be’ is a verb, so it isn’t wholly wrong in a broader structural sense, but this is a case where English has an exception that takes precedence. You’ll note that ‘be’ – ‘the state of being’ – is the exact scenario we use for ‘when was’ structure instead, because to ‘be’ something is to be in a specific state.
“When did the owner found Tantabus.ai?” would be a valid structure. You are asking about an action that was taken, not a state of being.
“When did Tantabus.ai start?” would be another valid structure. This is still a query about an action being taken, not a state of being.
“When did Tantabus.ai start?” would be another valid structure. This is still a query about an action being taken, not a state of being.
When talking about a FUTURE event, using ‘when will’ instead of ‘what was’, as “When will Tantabus.ai be founded?” is correct. This rule only applies to past events.
General Discussion » When did Tantabus.ai be founded? » Post 4
Background Pony #AB28
@Diode Flow
What’s the difference between “When was sth founded” and “When did sth be founded”? I’m not native speaker.
What’s the difference between “When was sth founded” and “When did sth be founded”? I’m not native speaker.
General Discussion » When did Tantabus.ai be founded? » Post 3
“When was Tantabus.ai founded?”
General Discussion » When did Tantabus.ai be founded? » Post 2
Background Pony #AB28
@Scarlet Ribbon
Got it! Thx!
Got it! Thx!
General Discussion » When did Tantabus.ai be founded? » Post 1
@Background Pony #AB28
Stuff that was imported from Derpibooru has it’s original Derpi upload date, which is where the confusion comes from.
Stuff that was imported from Derpibooru has it’s original Derpi upload date, which is where the confusion comes from.
Showing results 1 - 7 of 7 total
Default search
If you do not specify a field to search over, the search engine will search for posts with a body that is similar to the query's word stems. For example, posts containing the words winged humanization, wings, and spread wings would all be found by a search for wing, but sewing would not be.
Allowed fields
| Field Selector | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
author | Literal | Matches the author of this post. Anonymous authors will never match this term. | author:Joey |
body | Full Text | Matches the body of this post. This is the default field. | body:test |
created_at | Date/Time Range | Matches the creation time of this post. | created_at:2015 |
id | Numeric Range | Matches the numeric surrogate key for this post. | id:1000000 |
my | Meta | my:posts matches posts you have posted if you are signed in. | my:posts |
subject | Full Text | Matches the title of the topic. | subject:time wasting thread |
topic_id | Literal | Matches the numeric surrogate key for the topic this post belongs to. | topic_id:7000 |
topic_position | Numeric Range | Matches the offset from the beginning of the topic of this post. Positions begin at 0. | topic_position:0 |
updated_at | Date/Time Range | Matches the creation or last edit time of this post. | updated_at.gte:2 weeks ago |
user_id | Literal | Matches posts with the specified user_id. Anonymous users will never match this term. | user_id:211190 |
forum | Literal | Matches the short name for the forum this post belongs to. | forum:meta |