Hedilady  +  35389 Fri, 02 Jul 04 12:30 AM Which is the correct sentence? Have you ate? Have you eaten? Why is there a differance? Hedilady Joined on Fri, Jul 2 2004 New Member 02

	Pemmican  +  35390 Fri, 02 Jul 04 12:36 AM The correct sentence is "Have you eaten?" The tense is present perfect wich is built by a present tense form of have and the past participle of the full-verb - here "eaten" (from eat). "ate" is the simple past tense form of "eat". Pemmican Joined on Thu, Aug 21 2003 Regular Member 569 Wâ mag ich mich nu vinden? wâ mac ich mich nu suochen, wâ? nu bin ich hie und bin ouch dâ und enbin doch weder dâ noch hie. wer wart ouch sus verirret ie? wer wart ie sus... Verbs, Tenses, Present Tenses, Simple Past, Present Perfect, Past Tenses

	Hedilady  +  35393 Fri, 02 Jul 04 12:50 AM Thanks, my daughter had asked the question Have you ate yet? and was corrected to Have you eaten? and I am the worlds worst at grammar so I appreciate the help! Thanks again! Hedilady Grammar

	Pemmican  +  35396 Fri, 02 Jul 04 01:06 AM You're very welcome, Hedilady, that's what the forum is for )) Pemmican

	Mister Micawber  +  41367 Mon, 09 Aug 04 07:41 AM Since the context of each example explicitly mentions a particular point in the past, simple past tense is the standard: 'I saw that yesterday'. 'I saw a movie a day ago.' Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 32,223 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Tenses, Simple Past, Past Tenses

	Mister Micawber  +  41493 Tue, 10 Aug 04 09:06 AM Is this a homework question? Mister Micawber

	Pemmican  +  41580 Tue, 10 Aug 04 10:36 PM "My family is spending its vacation in the east." I know that here is a difference between American and British English, as "family" is understood either as a collective noun, seen as 'ONE group', so verbs and possessive pronouns occur in singular: "My family is spending ITS vacation in the east." Or "Family" can also be seen as a group with 'SEVERAL members', then verbs and possessive pronouns occur in plural: "My family is spending THEIR vacation in the east." I do not know at the moment, which "English" prefers what way of saying it, but this could maybe have been your 'mistake'?! Pemmican Verbs, Plurals, Possessives, Difference Between, Nouns, Pronouns, British English