In British English^x, Past tenses^x, Past perfect^x

Since... Since... The below sentences are from Oxford dictionary. Let me tell you what I have known about it from Longman dictionary - which I look up for the answer to the below questionable sentences. 1 It' s years since I road a bike. Longman says "it's years since" is...

He bought a parrot that the seller said it would repeat every word he uttered. Contented, he went home and but later found it didn't say a word. Furious, he went back to the owner and asked him what had happened. The owner answered that he had not lied (didn't lie OK??) to the man. ...

Teleostomi wrote: Thanks! I guess Swan is a British English speaker, but does he have in mind both BrE and AmE usages when he wrote it? did Good book, better at your level than Curme, who's difficult to read, as I mentioned.

Thanks! I guess Swan is a British English speaker, but does he have in mind both BrE and AmE usages when he wrote it? What would be BrE speakers' opinion on this? I guess Bokeh is American (aren't you?).

The following quote is from Tintin's volume: Red Rackham's Treasure . Quote: Originally Posted by Red Rackham's Treasure So we've already passed the right point, and yet we saw nothing...I simply can't understand it! Tintin was written in...

I learned it the same way, pieanne did - and all my grammar books also say that "just" is a signal word for perfect tenses ---> at least in British English. Americn English tends to use "just" with the Simple Past. "Preterite" btw is applicable to English as well as for every Germanic...