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There is also a difference here between British and American usage In American English there might be very little difference I think you would hear both with approximately the same meaning In British English there is a difference however Have you been to Spain twice At any time in the past up...

Thank you Yankee for your detailed answer but I m still hopelessly confused about when to use the present perfect and when to use the simple past You brought up an interesting point about the differences between American English and British English I wonder if a Brit would find it more natural to...

Hi welcome to Englishforums You can also use the search function to search the forum for interesting threads there s a search button in the top right corner of every page I would use did not have The simple past focus on something that happened and keeps that action separate from now So I would...

In American English got is the simple past tense form of the verb get and gotten is the past participle I believe got is used for both in British English You re right In BrE it is get got got

In American English got is the simple past tense form of the verb get and gotten is the past participle I believe got is used for both in British English

EyeSeeYou wrote Nice explanation Mr P Related to this topic it always bugs me to come across phrases such as the following where Present Perfect should be chosen instead of Simple Past Is there any explanation about it I just opened the door I just looked at it I just bought it My teachers in...

Hi Annvan The report is ready I have just finished it half an hour ago Because a time in the past has been specified should the past simple be used instead of the present perfect i e I just finished it half an hour ago I assume the past simple could be used here in American English but how about...

Old Eladio wrote Please tell me which one ones of these sentences are correct and which one is the most common 1 I haven t got used to drinking wine 2 I haven t gotten to drinking wine 3 I got not used to drinking wine 4 I didn t get used to drink wine 1 is correct 2 is incorrect 3 is incorrect...

1 Use of present perfect tense and simple past tense Speakers of American English generally use the present perfect tense have has past participle far less than speakers of British English In spoken American English it is very common to use the simple past tense as an alternative in situations...

I am not a teacher but I ll try 1 called in the past perfect and simple past operate in the usual rules ex He called me yesterday He had called me before Though there is some leeway so that informally I wouldn t consider He d called me yesterday to be wrong 2 I think you re right but saying rang...