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: 3615.39139)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/2/vdjmc/Post.htm#351680Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:45:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:351680Jimsefton20http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/2/vdjmc/Post.htm#351680http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-351680.xmlIndeed, carless Miss Jones! Thanks for your help, I'm finally getting there!http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/2/vdjmc/Post.htm#351676Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:45:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:351676Yankee1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/2/vdjmc/Post.htm#351676http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-351676.xmlYes, you've got the forms of the two tenses straightened out. Here again, if your instructions were that you must include all of the words, one of the few ways to include 'Thursday' in the present perfect sentence would be to write a negative sentence and use the word 'since': Miss Jones has not lost her car since Thursday. (This sentence is a bit odd, though. It suggests that Miss Jones loses her car often, but that it hasn't happened since Thursday..)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htm#351673Mon, 25 May 2009 00:45:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:351673Jimsefton22http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htm#351673http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-351673.xmlYes you're right with the base words, another example is: Miss Jones lost her car Thursday This is what I got... Miss Jones has lost her cat (present perfect) Miss Jones lost her cat on Thursday (simple past) Am I on the right track here? Thanks again!http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htm#351672Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:45:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:351672Yankee3http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htm#351672http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-351672.xmlHi Jimsefton2 The milkman have accident monday This just looks like a group of "base words" -- not a sentence. In other words, it looks like an exercise in which you have to write various sentences which include the words 'the milkman', the verb 'have', the word 'accident', and the word 'Monday'. You could include the word Monday in a present perfect sentence this way, for example: The milkman has not had an accident since Monday.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htm#351665Mon, 25 May 2009 00:45:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:351665Jimsefton24http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htm#351665http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-351665.xmlThanks again (both of you) for your replies. I never was very good at accurate grammar. I guess the thing that tripped me up was trying to use al the sections of the sentence (i.e. Monday) when it was impossiblehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htm#351658Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:45:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:351658Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htm#351658http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-351658.xmlThanks very much both of you, it's shocking how bad my grammar is despite being born and raised in England! Cheers, Jimhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htm#351649Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:45:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:351649Yoong Liat6http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htm#351649http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-351649.xmlHi Jim "The milkman have ... " Please note that 'have' is a plural verb . So, it should be "The milkman has ... " and "The milkmen have ... "http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htm#351644Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:45:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:351644Grammar Geek7http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htm#351644http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-351644.xmlHi Jim, Generally, we don't use a specific time (on Monday) with the present perfect. Yoong Liat's setences are just fine, but if you want to stick with the verb "to have" then: The milkman had an accident Monday (simple past) The milkman has had an accident. (But not: *The milkman has had an accident on Monday.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htm#351639Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:45:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:351639Anonymous8http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htm#351639http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-351639.xmlThank you for the rapid reply. I see where you are coming from with that, but personally I wouldn't expect to hear this sentence but rather "the milkman had an accident on monday". Does this mean that a) My grasp of English isn't what I thought it was b) This phrase doesn't suit being put in the present perfect tense? Thanks again! Jimhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htm#351637Mon, 25 May 2009 00:45:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:351637Yoong Liat9http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htm#351637http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-351637.xmlJimsefton2 wrote: The milkman have accident monday Please can somebody enlighten me as to whether this sentence can be written as they would like? Thanks in advance! Jim The milkman met with an accident on Monday. The milkman has met with an accident.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htmMon, 25 May 2009 00:45:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:351630Jimsefton210http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSimplePast/vdjmc/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-351630.xmlHi, I have been asked to form the following sentence into two sentences, one in present perfect and one in simple past: The milkman have accident monday I think its deliberately written to be confusing. In my mind I would say "The milkman have" rather than "the milkman had", but then that's not present perfect, is it? Please can somebody enlighten me as to whether this sentence can be written as they would like? Thanks in advance! Jim