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/GrammarRule/zzxqq/post.htm#446681Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:17:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:446681CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarRule/zzxqq/post.htm#446681http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-446681.xmlThe meanings of the tenses are the same in BrE and AmE. It's just that occasionally Americans feel that time periods are finished sooner than their British counterparts, so Americans sometimes choose the past (feeling that the time period in question is finished) where the British might choose the present perfect (feeling that the time period in question is still in effect) -- even when they are both describing the same situation. This does not happen in all cases, however. In fact, in the majority of cases, both speakers would probably choose the same tenses. This isn't really different from the case when any two people (whether American or British) view an event differently. The words still mean the same thing, but...http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarRule/zzxqq/post.htm#446515Tue, 26 May 2009 15:17:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:446515Grammar Geek1http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarRule/zzxqq/post.htm#446515http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-446515.xmlIt's the same for American English. You can also use the present perfect for a VERY RECENTLY completed action, as in: The prime minster has announced he's stepping down. Today I've gone there once sounds like there is a possibilty you will there again today. This makes sense to day at noon, but not at 11 p.m.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarRule/zzxqq/post.htmThu, 26 Feb 2009 16:17:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:446504Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarRule/zzxqq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-446504.xmlIn school I was taught that in BE you use the simple past for an action happened in a finished time in the past and the present perfect for a time period that didn’t end yet. Exa.: Yesterday I went there twice. Today I’ve gone there once. What about AE? Is it the same rule? Please I’d like to hear more than one reply just to see different opinions and specify if you are a British or an American. You guys are unbelievable, thanks for existing.