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Hi Itman, would you please tell me the differences between present perfect and perfect infinitive in passive form.To understand the difference, you first need to understand what each of these is. Can you write and post two sentences, one that uses present perfect, and then one that uses perfect...

Hellowould you please tell me the differences between present perfect and perfect infinitive in passive form.And one one more thing, what is the meaning of this expression:"There is somewhere between nowhere and goodbye".Thanks.

Similar in meaning, yes-- just slightly different ways of expression:A : I'll be missing you. = I will be missing you (while you are gone): progressive aspect stresses the ongoing emotion B : Since you've been gone. = Since you have been gone: gone serves as a complement, the condition of...

Can the expression 'in less than a century' trigger the present perfect?In less than a century, global warming has melted most of the polar ice caps.

There is no restriction to any particular tense when using always or never in AmE. The present perfect version always implies continuation up to the present moment. The simple past version allows the possibility of adding a phrase like in those days or at that time -- any phrase that places...

"Retire", when it is used to describe persons, it is, in its origin, an intransitive verb to mean "draw (oneself) away from the contact with other people", although it has been used as a transitive verb since ME days in the case it is used to talk about things. It is only in 18th century people...

Hello MIA6Are you a native speaker? If so it's very interesting to me. I'm a Japanese, who have learned English rather for a long time but still find it tough to catch the exact sense and usage of English present perfect tense. I'm afraid you might feel ill to hear about the grammar of your...

Teo wrote: Grammars usually say that the present perfect tenses cannot be used together with expressions pf finished time - we can say I have seen him or I saw him yesterday, but not I have seen him yesterday. In fact, such structure are unusual but not impossible (though learners should avoid...

Teo wrote: Grammars usually say that the present perfect tenses cannot be used together with expressions pf finished time - we can say I have seen him or I saw him yesterday, but not I have seen him yesterday. In fact, such structure are unusual but not impossible (though learners should avoid...

Grammars usually say that the present perfect tenses cannot be used together with expressions pf finished time - we can say I have seen him or I saw him yesterday, but not I have seen him yesterday. In fact, such structure are unusual but not impossible (though learners should avoid them). Here...