By Difference between, Simple past

Re: Please, help me with this question

The difference is subtle. The present perfect is conceptually a step removed from the real action of the simple past. The present perfect is indirect compared to the direct simple past.I read a magazine today expresses what happened. It tells what I did directly. I have read a magazine today...

Re: Please, help me with this question

Hi Clive, Thanks for helping me. I understood your explanation. But, how to explain the difference between these two senteces without any context: I read the magazine today .(simple past) and I have read the magazine today. (present perfect tense) Plese, help me once more...

Please, help me with this question

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 magazine * today ,how to explain that we...

Re: usage of present perfect (with and without ing ending)

Hi, Hi, I have a question regarding the present perfect when using it as opposed to the simple past. I spoke to her last night. (simple past is fine here) I've spoken to her this morning. (Taken from examples for present perfect, should be fine hence.) Why not "I spoke to her this...

usage of present perfect (with and without ing ending)

Hi, I have a question regarding the present perfect when using it as opposed to the simple past. I spoke to her last night. (simple past is fine here) I've spoken to her this morning. (Taken from examples for present perfect, should be fine hence.) Why not "I spoke to her this...

Going to/will

Hello Gurus, I still don't see the option to post a new question, so I'm posting here... My question is about the difference between to going to & will. In this sentence, how can it be explained that the correct response is going to "Look at her face. I think she's going to...

Re: He said that the train had left before he arrived at the station.

We use things like past perfect to make it clear what happened before something else. When you have a very clear marker like the word "before" the use of the past perfect isn't as important. A is fine and traditional. B. This is fine too because it's reported speech, which...

Re: Use of "have"

Hi, I'm telling someone about something I did in the past. Is there any grammatical difference between saying "I read the book" and "I have read the book"? With simple past tense, you are simply stating an event in the past. With the present perfect, you are talking about a past fact in a...

Re: 2 ambiguous readings

Palinkasocsi wrote: According to a grammar book, the sentence She had met a man at the party the day before yesterday has at least two meanings: What are the two 'meanings' of the sentence? Here you have listed two possible terms for the tense, one of which is questionable. 1. PAST...

Re: Which one is more correct? and what are the difference between them?

Encountered is much more formal than met, but both are correct in your sentence. Ran into is not correct in your example, but run into (very informal) would work. (Ran is simple past tense. Have run is an example of the present perfect tense. You've is the contraction for You have.)