It occurs to me, MrP, that I may be off your point, (i.e., change of tense). If the Q & A were like this-- "MrQ, I haven't seen you for a few days. Have you been away?" "Yes, we went to Malta last week. We only got back this morning."

Well, I'm not that comfortable with B's answer to A. Logically, the answer uses the same tense as the question. Could be "I've just come back from a 3-week holiday in Malta", or 'Oh, I've been places... I went to Malta, Belgium, South Africa, so I

Pandora, Please argue constructively. Why do you hate Bush? Why do you hate Americans? What has Bush done that is any different from the next national leader? I think the fact that the Americans are so ubiquitous makes them an ideal candidate

Hi Manikandan, The Perfect Tense is a very large topic, though I'll try to explain some of the basic rules to you about the Present Perfect. (I did the Past Perfect in a recent post) The Perfect tense consists of HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE and