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English proficients Please Can You help Paraphrase This Sentence by MrPRevailer(op): 7:05am On Apr 03, 2024
"The bronze was as if it burned in a furnace"

And possibly explain of it's a past tense, present tense or present continous tense etc.
Re: English proficients Please Can You help Paraphrase This Sentence by Jewessgratitud3: 7:36am On Apr 03, 2024
It's simply means the bronze shined with a sparkle. and of course the sentence is in past tense.
Re: English proficients Please Can You help Paraphrase This Sentence by Minjim: 8:18am On Apr 03, 2024
The fire gives the bronze a perfect glow

It's apparently past tense - burned
Re: English proficients Please Can You help Paraphrase This Sentence by MidasTouch15: 11:57am On Apr 03, 2024
It's not past tense.
Re: English proficients Please Can You help Paraphrase This Sentence by Spy360(m): 1:52pm On Apr 03, 2024
The bronze had a shiny appearance. It is past tense.
Re: English proficients Please Can You help Paraphrase This Sentence by gaby(m):
The bronze appeared to have gone through a fiery furnace.

Past tense.

It could also be present tense.

" The bronze appears to have gone through the furnace".
Re: English proficients Please Can You help Paraphrase This Sentence by MrPRevailer(op): 6:11pm On Apr 03, 2024
MidasTouch15:
It's not past tense.
Please kindly explain.
Re: English proficients Please Can You help Paraphrase This Sentence by rtdCivilservant: 6:37pm On Apr 03, 2024
It is a reported speech.
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