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quote user MaverickK But can you tell me why is began wrong here And should we use have lt verb gt with similar sentences having the since clause quote To be honest it doesn t strike me as wrong but I think the test makers prefer you to use the present perfect have begun with a since clause as a...

quote user Anonymous 1 The person at the door was he The person at the door was him The person at the door was I The person at the door was me 2 It has changed It has been changed Do these sentences mean the same thing Is one of them grammatically awkward incorrect both of them seem to be...

Of all the times I have bought fish here this is the first the present perfect allows me to consider a time span that ends at the present moment Of all the times I had bought fish there that was the first the past perfect allows me to consider a time span that ends at that point in the past Of...

Yankee wrote Hi TamI certainly did not intend my comment as a comparison of formal written UK English and informal US spoken English I have to say I find it insulting that you think I would even consider making such a comparison My comment was based on my own experience with British...

Anonymous wrote Could you please let me know the page where you found the above I cannot find what you said in the book Sorry I misread your quote All quoted examples express future actions but except for one sentence they are in no way future tenses It is going to rain Present Cont So if you...

CalifJim wrote 1 I see no significant difference between your two sentences whether with live work or study I would not assume anything with regard to English vocabulary and grammar CJ Still there could be a difference in the way the each speaker perceives each time period The progressive often...

1 I see no significant difference between your two sentences whether with live work or study I would not assume anything with regard to English vocabulary and grammar 2 To start with I would say during the past ten years The second version with the progressive tense mixes two incompatible ideas...

Ok thanks a lot I think now I can better understand all the forms of present perfect But I have to say all grammar books and all website I have seen so far haven t been very clear about this question And I don t now why Thank you very much We will surely meet again in this forum Regards

I think Why is always the most difficult question for anyone in general and often for native speakers of a language in particular I wonder if some of the nuancing arises from the grammar Let me outline how my thoughts are going The present perfect Have you finished seems politely to offer me more...