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As is the case with British English whether an American uses the simple present or the present perfect often simply depends on how the speaker is viewing a past activity That said when either tense is possible according to the usual rules I think there is a noticeable tendency for Americans to...

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 The lying or in fact...

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...

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

edit Verb drug US Simple past tense and past participle of drag You look like someone drug you behind a horse for half a mile edit Usage notes In British English this is incorrect the correct past tense of drag is dragged Random House says that drug is nonstandard as the past tense of drag...

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...

Speakers of British English have a very strong preference for already with the perfect tenses to the exclusion of the simple past But check with a speaker of BrE to be sure Americans use already quite freely with the perfect tenses and the simple past I already saw that movie Even though as a...

Goldmund wrote Speaker B says I just found this website He found the website recently In British English you may also say I have just found this website I ve not looked at it much yet He expects to look at it again therefore he uses the present perfect The present perfect means that the act of...

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...