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Latest post Wed, Jul 5 2006 10:41 AM by milky. 1 replies.
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Believer  +  242828 Wed, 05 Jul 06 09:52 AM

1. I sometimes get confused whether if a sentence is more right than the other or if the sentence is not correct when being presented with two viable tense options.

I got this sentence from a post here. I don't usually like to use the word like "swipe" but for the purpose of learning, I will use it at least for this time. Of course, I am not making any comments/judgment on the person who use the word too.  

The answer below is swiped straight out of "grammar monster."  

The answer below has been swiped straight out of "grammar monster." 

2. I think this explanation/definition is from the same post.

Present Perfect Tense

Verbs describing actions in the present are said to be  in the present tense. The present perfect tense is used  for an action that began in the past and continues into the present.

And with that, I agree but my view on the present tense has been for focused on its relevance to the present situation or moment and not particularly whether the action is continuing to the present. Am I too one-sided in my view of the tense?  
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milky  +  242850 Wed, 05 Jul 06 10:41 AM
 Believer wrote:

1. I sometimes get confused whether if a sentence is more right than the other or if the sentence is not correct when being presented with two viable tense options.

I got this sentence from a post here. I don't usually like to use the word like "swipe" but for the purpose of learning, I will use it at least for this time. Of course, I am not making any comments/judgment on the person who use the word too.  

The answer below is swiped straight out of "grammar monster."  That's OK. The speaker/writer sees the thing action as very recent and the text as still "swiped". "This is a stolen/swiped car", for example. For me, there should be a comma after "swiped" as "swipe" is really an adjective there.

The answer below has been swiped straight out of "grammar monster." OK too.

I'd prefer "The answer below was swiped straight out of "grammar monster." .

Or even better, the active sentence, "I swiped the text below straight out of...".
milky
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Hume said that if we had perfect or complete descriptive knowledge of reality, we could not, by reasoning, derive a single valid "ought".
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