Writing a speech for a wedding reception, The matron-of-honor is a cousin to the bride through their fathers. The matron-of honor’s father is deceased. Does she refer to her father as "is a brother to the bride’s father" or "was a brother to the bride’s father"?
My answer is one that will probably raise some eyebrow’s in some quarters, I would use the expression as ‘is’, Why? because deceased relatives, regardless of rank and line in the family are always with us.They have only returned to their home’s from whence they came.
was a brother to the bride’s father. Is mostly used in present form; while was is used in the past form
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My answer is one that will probably raise some eyebrow’s in some quarters, I would use the expression as ‘is’, Why? because deceased relatives, regardless of rank and line in the family are always with us.They have only returned to their home’s from whence they came.
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Belief in the Afterlife.
In that case I would say IS
I think the proper term would be ‘is brother to the brides deceased father’
or you could use Uncle?
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