http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplePastPresentPerfectDistinctions/dwglp/post.htm#291818Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:30:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:291818Diamondrg0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplePastPresentPerfectDistinctions/dwglp/post.htm#291818http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-291818.xmlThank you, Marius. The link is to the point.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplePastPresentPerfectDistinctions/dwglp/post.htm#291810Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:30:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:291810Marius Hancu1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplePastPresentPerfectDistinctions/dwglp/post.htm#291810http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-291810.xmlYou may want to read this thread elsewhere: http://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/340600179/m/7821034914http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplePastPresentPerfectDistinctions/dwglp/post.htmThu, 26 Feb 2009 07:30:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:291803Diamondrg2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplePastPresentPerfectDistinctions/dwglp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-291803.xmlIn the quest of finding out the fine distinctions between the present perfect and the simple past, I'd like to pose the following questions. Any help will be appreciated 1- I ---- your wife in the shopping mall. A) saw B) have seen 2- Who ---- you? A) has called B) called 3- She ---- up with an interesting idea! A) came B) has come 4- I ---- that. A) haven't known B) didn't know 5- Well, many ESL learners find it difficult to choose which tense to use, simple past or present perfect. Apart from the general guidelines supplied in the coursebooks or grammars, how do you decide which tense to use? the past - present relation requiring the present perfect does not seem to be...