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Yes. That's generally true.And the paraphrase I gave is not the only possible one. Paraphrases using the word before are also good. The idea is the same. Once you get the idea that until expresses a temporal relationship involving the continuance of a certain negative state, you...

Present Perfect and Present Simple are almost interchangeable in such (the _until_ ones, not those with "unless") sentences. Let CJ correct me if I am wrong!

OK, guys. Thank you very much for your attention. :) brunces

It's Present Perfect in form, but Present in meaning. have got is an idiom, so it doesn't exactly "follow the rules"! I have got a car = I have a car.I have got to leave soon = I have to leave soon. CJ

Hi BruncesIn this case, 'have got' means exactly the same thing as 'have'. By the way, the present perfect of 'get' in American English would be 'have gotten'.

Please, friends, help me understand this.When I say, "I have a car.", it's Present Simple. OK!When I say, "I have got a car.", is it Present Simple or Perfect? Thanks for your attention,brunces

He usually have to takes 10 seconds to get dress.1. The adverb 'usually' in your sentence indicates routine - therefore you need to use the PRESENT SIMPLE tense. This particular tense needs the -s at the end for HE / SHE/ IT. That is why we say 'He usually takes...' THIS...

HiI was doing an exercise and the instructions were as follows: Choose the correct form of the verb depending on whether in this meaning it is an action or a state verb. If both the Present Continuous and the Present Simple tenses are possible, use the Present Continuous tense.There were such two...

Ant_222 wrote: «You can say the same thing in different ways. “Distant event” or “event from years ago” is a matter of choice of rhetoric.» No problem with it, I just used it to make my sentence shorter. «You forgot what you ate last night – active What you ate last night was forgotten –...

«You can say the same thing in different ways. “Distant event” or “event from years ago” is a matter of choice of rhetoric.» No problem with it, I just used it to make my sentence shorter. «You forgot what you ate last night – active What you ate last night was forgotten –...