Stevenukd  +  384149 Mon, 25 Jun 07 05:08 PM Dear Teachers, 1. She has been here since 7 pm. - This means " she has been here since 7 am, but she's still here", right? Thanks very much to Teachers,  Stevenukd. Stevenukd Joined on Wed, Aug 31 2005 Vietnam Regular Member 946

	Doll  +  384154 Mon, 25 Jun 07 05:24 PM  She has been here since 7 pm.--- This means she came here at 7 pm and she is still here. Doll Joined on Sat, Mar 10 2007 Senior Member 2,813

	Kooyeen  +  384197 Mon, 25 Jun 07 07:03 PM Oh my, this is one of the kinds of posts that is likely to confuse me... I think she might have left... - Where is Pamela? - She just left a minute ago... She's been here since 7... - Damn, and where did she go? But I'm not sure... should I use the past perfect? Dunno... Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member 4,984 Parental Advisory / Explicit Posts Past Perfect

	Pucca  +  384204 Mon, 25 Jun 07 07:46 PM Hello everyone! I think if you just write "She's been here since 7 pm", it would mean that she (Pamela) is still here. However, if you write a bit more, She's been here since 7 pm but she has just left", then, it would mean that she is anymore here. ..but I am not sure. Pucca Joined on Sun, Aug 27 2006 Spain Senior Member 2,972

	Doll  +  384220 Mon, 25 Jun 07 09:15 PM No Koyeen you don't have to use the past perfect unless you want to emphasize the order of the events happened in the past in your sentences. In spoken English using past tense is more common than using past perfect tense.   Saying she might have left is something so different. Doll Tenses, Past Perfect, Past Tenses

	Doll  +  384221 Mon, 25 Jun 07 09:18 PM  Pucca wrote: I think if you just write "She's been here since 7 pm", it would mean that she (Pamela) is still here. However, if you write a bit more, She's been here since 7 pm but she has just left", then, it would mean that she is anymore here.     Yes Carpe I would understand the same things when I was told like you said. Doll