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Yoong Liat

#329897 Fri, 16 Feb 07 01:41 PM

I know that your dog gave / has given birth to four puppies.

Which verb should be used?

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Mister Micawber

#329899 Fri, 16 Feb 07 01:46 PM

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Either.
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Yoong Liat

#329904 Fri, 16 Feb 07 02:11 PM

Mister Micawber wrote:
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Either.
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Hello Micawber

I know that your dog gave / has given birth to four puppies recently.

In the earlier post, I left out the word 'recently'. My apologies for that.

Does the addition of 'recently' change the choice of the verb that should be used?

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Lil' Ruby Rose

#329916 Fri, 16 Feb 07 02:36 PM

Either still sounds fine.

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pieanne

#329943 Fri, 16 Feb 07 04:18 PM

"Gave birth": you're thinking of the moment/day she gave birth.

"Has given birth": you're thinking of the four puppies that may be eating your slippers right now.

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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

Yoong Liat

#329970 Fri, 16 Feb 07 05:15 PM

Thanks for the replies.

My dog, when she was still a puppy, bit my book on punctuation to pieces. Fortunately, my slippers were spared.

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