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According to Michael Swan we use a simple present perfect tense in sentences like that

I was told if I use present perfect tense then the date should not be attached in the end You were told correctly The meaning we intend to convey when we use the present perfect tense with an action verb like send is that the action described happened at some unspecified time in the past You can...

Brenda Chen wrote I have sent you the samples on Aug 1 2006 I was told if I use present perfect tense then the date should not be attached in the end Why Could someone share with me Thank you Hi Brenda I talked to Mr Lee a week ago on July 25th concerning the lost shipment Simple past no date I...

I have sent you the samples on Aug 1 2006 I was told if I use present perfect tense then the date should not be attached in the end Why Could someone share with me Thank you

Hi Yes you re right in thinking that these phrases wouldn t usually sound natural to a native speaker On the other hand if two Asian people are having a conversation in English like this and they understand each other that s not a bad thing is it Ok I ll try to illustrate base on this sentence...

B is the best candidate but I am not sure about the use of the present perfect for something which happened in the past Does that many human societies caused little damage to the environmant in the past show that they are still in harmony with the environment Do you think the tense choice is OK

B is the best candidate but I am not sure about the use of the present perfect for something which happened in the past Does that many human societies caused little damage to the environmant in thepast show that they are still in harmony with the environment Do you think the tense choice is OK

Do so far to date up to now up to present have the same meaning if they mean from the past to now include now this moment so they are durations if so then can we use those phrases in the sentence of present perfect tense and past tense or any other tenses I have written six letters all morning...

Hello Anon Those look fine to me But it s probably more usual to use the present perfect e g 1 It has been arranged for May 11th MrP

I have some problems they are the phrases about time yet today so far to date up to now recently lately up to these few days this morning now up to present what do they mean Are some of them duration Do some of them represent sometime some time in the past yet 1 up to the present time 2 at this...