my opinion is below. “ I found the book. ” is right one. The verve “ find ” usually happen in the past when you talk on the phone conversation.

I don't understand why "I have found a book I like" would be wrong -- not as an isolated sentence, at least. It must have been something else in the context of your phone conversation that caused your friend's reaction. to be

The conversations have been quite varied and in a wide variety of contexts, about both spoken and written English. As I'm sure you know, there are other things that might be different too. However, in my experience, simple past vs present

Hi Goodman I don't see the previous conversation as "fired up". On the contrary, I think it has been quite friendly. I agree that 'ago' will generally not be found in the same clause with the present perfect, but I agree with

The continuous perfect is incorrect in the passive. In other words, your sentence cannot be changed into the passive . CB But -- CJ just did it. I would say it doesn't sound very natural in the passive, but what's

Hi Ant222, My English skill is not in the “grammarian” class but I will give it my best attempt to explain it. It may not may not be agreeable with the experts. In many instances during casual conversations, we can bet by with simple past tense

Hi, An explanation, please. Present Perfect tense means past time related to present time and one of its uses is: an action that happened at an indefinite time in the past , e.g.: I have travelled to Athens . But in the sentence: I have read a

Hello. First of all, I'd say "Penny has climbed before" rather than "Penny has been climbing before". "Before" suggests an action that is not taking place at the moment of speaking, but the present perfect

She is eating dinner for one hour. / She has been eating dinner for one hour. He is watching TV all day. / He has been watching TV all day. It is raining outside. / It has been raining outside. What are you talking about? / What have

when it comes to day to day conversation, none of that really matters anymore .. how we express ourselves decides what people see from us. what do you think?