Unless if we use present perfect tense using 'since' like the following : "She has moved to the U.S. since two years ago", it is almost certain that she's currently still living in the U.S. but if you use past simple, it

Hi guys, Do you agree that the sentence below can mean that either she currently lives in the U.S. or not? She moved to the U.S. two years ago. I mean we cannot have the present perfect here as we have definite time ("two years ago")

'With a specific past reference ("yesterday"), you cannot use present perfect; you must use past .

Hello, everybody I am again having a Present Perfect/Past Simple dilemma. Imagine I want to tell somebody they have missed a call (right after they come back to office from lunch). How can I do it? 1. Mr. Smith called you and asked to call him

When you say "grew" you kinda mean that he wont grow anymore. Its simple past, he did not grow before, he grew now. Now when you use "grown" its present perfect. You have seem him small and now you see him grown. I would use,

Does a participial clause have to assimilate the aspect (as well as the tense) from the main clause? No. Neither. The participial clause has no tense. It's a non-finite clause. It's only when you rephrase it as a finite clause that you

Does a participial clause have to assimilate the aspect (as well as the tense) from the main clause? No. Neither. The participial clause has no tense. It's a non-finite clause. It's only when you rephrase it as a finite clause that you

how should I use 'have got' in the past tense? had got? I mean not the present perfect with 'get', but the construction of possession

So you're asking if this is all right: I have improved the internal controls of the department. No, because in this case it's unclear what the department refers to, and from what you said earlier, it's a department you are no longer

To my ear, have improved doesn't go with previously part of . I would choose 1, simple past. The making of improvements happened when you were part of another department. You are no longer in that department. This puts up a barrier between