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Re: Always

Kooyeen wrote:That's true in general, but when we have a context and some particles like "never", "always", "already", etc., it seems to me that that distinction is not so clear anymore. For example:I've already seen that movie / I already saw that movie - In context, they can be used in the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Yankee 1 yr 172 days ago Articles Simple past Present perfect Past simple
Re: Always

CalifJim wrote: Out of curiosity, I wonder if you are trying to compare a spontaneously offered, off-handed opinion of one native speaker with a thoroughly thought-out opinion from this forum. You may find that the results differ.Thank you.Well, yes, I feel this might well depend on...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 1 yr 173 days ago Articles Verbs Difference between Simple past Present perfect
Re: Is grammar essential for learning a language?

Hi everyone, I read some articles about this, not long ago. Clive wrote:Is grammar essential for learning a language? The answer is NO, NO, NO. Bird of Paradise, the book you read is right. We didn't learn the grammar of our first language before we were able to use it. I believe no...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 1 yr 179 days ago Articles Grammar Auxiliaries Present perfect Past simple Passive sentences Learn English

Re: Future continuous tense into passive voice?

Found this great article at the BBC Learning English site: ------------ Generally, we avoid using the continuous form of the passive with the future, present perfect, past perfectfuture perfect and , although present continuous ...

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Re: since I have written or wrote

I guess "have written" can be ok. Like: "It was the last time I have written an article." EDIT: maybe it's being the last time is considered as a sort of connetion with the present, thus making Present Perfect fit. By the way, a google search returned equal numbers of entries of 1. "it has been...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Ant_222 1 yr 252 days ago Articles Numbers Present perfect Past simple
Re: Present Perfect + last week ...

Grammars usually say that the present perfect tenses cannot be used together with expressions pf finished time - we can say I have seen him or I saw him yesterday, but not I have seen him yesterday. In fact, such structure are unusual but not impossible (though learners should avoid them). Here...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Teo 1 yr 253 days ago Articles Conversations Tenses Expressions Present perfect
Re: Question from my friend in HK

E-mail back from my friend: I got a Swan at hand (1995 ed) now and it should be the same as your friend’s. Ask him to read 419.3:Grammars usually say that the present perfect tenses cannot be used togetherwith expressions of finished time – we can say “I have seen him” or “I sawhim yesterday”,...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by julielai 2 yr 38 days ago Articles Conversations Tenses Expressions Present perfect
Re: present perfect vs perfect infinitive

A. The present perfect in the passive: A new house has been built. Two new houses have been built.B. The perfect infinitive in the passive: The perfect infinitive is usually used with a defective auxiliary (also known as a modal auxiliary). The defective auxiliaries are can, could;...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 2 yr 88 days ago Articles Auxiliaries Modals Present perfect Modal auxiliaries
Re: Present Perfect Progressive

Ant_222 wrote: ...your explanation through active and passive attributes. I don't know why you need this classification. Maybe it's correct, but I don't like it. Hi, Ant_222. It is not "active and passive attributes," but "active and static attributes." Perhaps I should have used the words...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by HSS 2 yr 112 days ago Articles Verbs Stative verbs Simple past Present perfect Dynamic verbs
has needed the "transpormation" ethic / needs "transformation ethic"

Hello native speakers, On the Internet I found some time ago an article by David Ignatius, and I'd like you to explain me why the author had used at the underlined place the present perfect tense and not just simple present?Does "has needed" mean that the ethic has been needed there since he...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Jacek From Kwidzyn (Pomesania) 2 yr 159 days ago Articles Simple present Tenses Present perfect

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