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Tung Quoc

#286597 Sat, 28 Oct 06 03:03 PM

Please choose the correct sentences:

1.Premier A has talked with Premier B in NewYork on Sept,12.

2.Premier A talked with Premier B in NewYork on Sept,12.

If both are correct, what is the difference in meaning btw them?

Tung Quoc

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Philip

#286630 Sat, 28 Oct 06 03:52 PM

Tung Quoc wrote:

Please choose the correct sentences:

1.Premier A has talked with Premier B in NewYork on Sept,12.

2.Premier A talked with Premier B in NewYork on Sept,12.

If both are correct, what is the difference in meaning btw them?

Q

Generally, when using the present perfect tense, we are not specific as to when the action occured. Therefore #1 isn't correct.

Philip

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Tenses, Present Perfect

Tung Quoc

#286669 Sat, 28 Oct 06 05:01 PM

Thanks

You wrote:

We are not specific as to when the action occured. (1)

Could analyse (1)?Is specific an adjectif?Why is there as to before when?

What is the meaning of as to?

I don't understand the structure here. Please help me.

Tung Quoc

Marius Hancu

#286688 Sat, 28 Oct 06 05:30 PM

as to=with regards to, as regards, re:

Also, look first in the dictionary:
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Thus, Philip means:
Generally, when using the present perfect tense, we are not specific RE: when the action occured.
or simpler:
Generally, when using the present perfect tense, we are not specific ABOUT when the action occured.

Marius Hancu

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Regards, Tenses, Present Perfect

Tung Quoc

#286695 Sat, 28 Oct 06 05:45 PM

Hi,

You wrote:

Generally, when using the present perfect tense, we are not specific RE: when the action occured. (1)

I think the correct sentence is:

Generally, when using the present perfect tense, we are not specific RE when the action occured.

Am I right? "Re" is a preposition, so why did you use a colon in (1)?

Sorry, I still don't understand what we are not specific RE mean?Why didm't you write:

We don't specific Re....

If specific is an adjectif,specific describes we, so why is there re/about?

I don't understand.

Please analyse we are not specific re when the action occured ????

Tung Quoc

Prepositions, Tenses, Colons, Present Perfect

Marius Hancu

#286699 Sat, 28 Oct 06 06:01 PM

Generally, when using the present perfect tense, we are not specific ABOUT when the action occured.

This is enough for you to understand.

And yes, I should have used re, not re:.

Marius Hancu

Tenses, Present Perfect

Yoong Liat

#286718 Sat, 28 Oct 06 06:31 PM

Marius wrote: as to=with regards to

Just to confirm. Should it be 'as to=with regard to' ?

Yoong Liat

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Marius Hancu

#286720 Sat, 28 Oct 06 06:33 PM

Yoong Liat wrote:
Marius wrote: as to=with regards to

Just to confirm. Should it be 'as to=with regard to' ?

Yes.

Marius Hancu

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Yoong Liat

#286727 Sat, 28 Oct 06 06:56 PM

Marius Hancu wrote:
Yoong Liat wrote:

Marius wrote: as to=with regards to

Just to confirm. Should it be 'as to=with regard to' ?

Yes.

Thanks for confirming it should be 'with regard to', not 'with regards to'.

Yoong Liat

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