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I got 4/5 and my mistake was number 4. According to T&M present perfect must be used with SINCE. You should use AGO if you want to use the simple past. Let's see what native speakers think.

I feel like in American enlish people tend to chose present perfect instead of simple past, to be more formal! Is it true? What do you think about it? For instance: Thank you I have received your mail! (formal) Thanks I received your mail! (informal) or The number you have dialed...

I'm afraid, Marius, that you are never going to persuade me that "It's years since I've had a cigarette", and similar expressions, are in any way exceptional, unusual or strange. In my experience, this form of wording is routinely and quite naturally used by large numbers...

Hi Frank, Welcome to the forums. Your main problem seems to be tense. Today my friends and I have visited Grouse Mountain, in Vancouver, Canada. Usually with a specific day, use simple past. Present perfect is possible, but I think simple past is better here. We planned to visit it last...

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...

The present perfect is not at all likely in that situation. The action of that person in antiquity would be expressed in the simple past. Any implications for the present might be expressed in the present perfect, however. The Greeks invented democracy, and the Western world has been trying...

Hi Avangi To me, the word ' if ' is used like ' whenever ' in your sentence, and the word ' will ' is used to indicate a habitual or repeated action (i.e. in that sentence, you are saying it is not your habit to wonder about things such as closed doors while you are on...

Hi Marvin I made my comment about the present perfect because I think it would be far more likely for someone speaking AmE to use the simple past tense ( I broke a/my tooth or I broke one of my teeth ), and because I felt quite sure that the simple past tense is what I'd use most often in a...

Hello Goodman, You are really THE BRAVE ONE! – Thank you for sharing your words. Without yours, I thought maybe I trespassed some secret ground or people might have felt the answer is so obvious not worth spending more time for a further discussion. The reason I explore...

Hi, Wondering which one is actually correct: 1) We have checked that the document number is __ as you have stated earlier. 2) We have checked that the document number is __ as you stated earlier. Use #2. The 'earlier' makes it a simple statement of a past fact, so just use Simple...