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ETJW CMD wrote Dear Goodman I am one of Hoa s friends a member of a friendly yet private English To Join the World Club that we co founded here in Vietnam Last night she showed me this thread and asked for my opinion My first reaction was that the present perfect and past tense combination in...

Hi AngliholicI would use the simple past tense The present perfect sounds odd in combination with the specific reference to a past time when she was little

Hi Hoa Thai Obviously we have different views in the specific use present perfect To me what was the last movie you have seen just sounds unnatural If the context is about a movie I would just simple say what was the last movie you saw If you had seen it it already took place No need to express...

Here they are all good sentences and lead essentially to the same result 1 The shop closed down finished past action closed is the simple past tense of the verb close 2 The shop is closed down present condition closed is the past participle used as a predicate adjective 3 The shop has closed down...

David Little wrote Can anyone tell me about how to use have and had I mean have taken had taken has taken etc What s the difference between I have drunk a cup of tea I drank a tea I had drunk a tea It would be helpful if you give when to use these point in time gt In what context would a native...

hi i came across this sentence i stayed in a guesthouse it s fantastic why couldn t it be i have stayed in a guest house it s fantastic how do we know when to use past tense instead of present perfect and vice versa thanks

Hi Wondering which one is actually correct 1 We have checked that the document number is __ as you have stated earlier 2 We have checked that the document number is __ as you stated earlier Use 2 The earlier makes it a simple statement of a past fact so just use Simple Past tense Hi Clive I...

Clive wrote Hi Wondering which one is actually correct 1 We have checked that the document number is __ as you have stated earlier 2 We have checked that the document number is __ as you stated earlier Use 2 The earlier makes it a simple statement of a past fact so just use Simple Past tense...

Hi again You stated the document number earlier You had stated the document number earlier I don t think there is any difference in meaning between those two The only difference is that the first one is simple past tense and the other is past perfect tense There s a lot of difference You need to...

I wrote Simple Past Tense We refer or call or tell others about the events happened in the past which were short lived and quickly finished I have written Present Perfect Tense We use it to say that a finished action or event is connected with the present in some way e g he has broken his leg His...