You are partially right. This is actually a past condition pattern. If I had + past particple, I would have + past particple. If I had listened to my parents few yers ago to finsih my engineering school, I wouldn't have created all

So, this is what I don't understand, what's the definition for a life experience? For me everything is a life experience. OK. So maybe that description of the usage of the present perfect tense doesn't quite explain it for you in an

A : If I had known that earlier This part is past perfect tense because of 'earlier' right? If I had known earlier which states that if this person had known before so it uses the past perfect?

Hello I've learned that one of the uses for the present perfect, is when we're talking about life experiences. So, this is what I don't understand, what's the definition for a life experience? For me everything is a life

Hi, But are the tenses used correctly? Yes, they are. Clive

Hi Plesehelp, Maybe this scenario can shed some light: In the office coffee room:... A: (pouring a cup of coffee while talking to B) I've heard that someone in the company has started a hiking club. B: Oh! you didn't

But are the tenses used correctly?

Hi, There's not much difference because the word 'already' gives the statement relevance to the present. Clive

I already joined a league.- Simple past I've already joined a league.- Present perfect What's the difference between these two sentences because they mean the same thing in my mind.

They had to have that specially made? The sentence is in the past tense. Since English lacks verbs for situations in which person A does something for person B on person B's request, a rather long and awkward structure is used instead: to have