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Of all the times I have bought fish here, this is the first. (the present perfect allows me to consider a time span that ends at the present moment) Of all the times I had bought fish there, that was the first. (the past perfect allows me to consider a time span that ends at that point in the...

Yankee wrote: Hi Tam I certainly did not intend my comment as a comparison of formal written UK English and informal US spoken English. I have to say I find it insulting that you think I would even consider making such a comparison. My comment was based on my own experience with British...

Techgeek wrote: Dear all, For Present Perfect tense we use

Dear all, For Present Perfect tense we use like: 1. You have grown since the last time I saw you. 2. The government has become more interested in arts education. ( http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html ) Why in example 2 become is used instead of became? Shouldn't it be...

Anonymous wrote: «Could you please let me know the page where you found the above? I cannot find what you said in the book.» Sorry, I misread your quote. All quoted examples express future actions but, except for one sentence, they are in no way future tenses: It is going to...

That's curious for me (Pole). From my point of view a possibility of use Present Perfect to indicate a point in the future is a totally new thing (doesn't matter in what types of construction). Thank You for Your help one more time. By the way - great forum - maybe it's high time to register? ...

Sorry guys - i made my question a little confusing. The point of my question is that i would like to know what form/tense/principle was used to make that sentence. Im trying to understand this in that way - I + will + Present Perfect - is that possible? The fragment "when the ice has broken"...

Thanks a lot again for all your help. "Would" seems to be the most confusing modal verb in English grammer and trying hard to learn the correct usages of this mysterious word . As Nona said. they might have used "Would have had to" to express the uncertainty, in that case, Can we use "had had...

Clive wrote: Hi, I've started here as an Engineering staff-member. When there was an opening for a junior programmer, I grabbed the opportunity and applied for the position and fortunately I was hired. Best wishes, Clive Hi Clive, Is it okay to start with present perfect and...

as to=with regards to, as regards, re: Also, look first in the dictionary: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/as%20to Thus, Philip means: Generally, when using the present perfect tense, we are not specific RE: when the action occured. or simpler: Generally, when using...