Tuesday, February 28, 2012

tenses - A question about the usage of the word "occur"

I have read a sentence including occur in New Concept English,
a well-known English reference book focusing on rules of British English.
And in order to fully grasp the word, I tried to make a sentence with it,
but in the middle, I was greatly confused by the tense.




It suddenly occurred to me that he [is/was] a considerate leader.




Supposing that the truth is he is definitely a considerate manager,

and while I was doing something yesterday, the thought slipped into my mind.
Which tense is more appropriate? And please explain in detail, thanks!

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