Dear friends, just a small remark on the subject. While the forms are interchangeable, using simple past is still considered a feature of American English, and one is more likely to hear the simple perfect counterpart in educated British English.

3) All the class is going to be punished, because someone has written an offensive anonymous essay. You know, I am not even sure that Present Perfect is necessary in this sentence :P. Isn't it optional in AmE and BrE? I used it on purpose,

I wrote by myself, so it might have a lot of grammar mistakes...I really need your help,any proffesor check my grammar, sentence,pls. I could tell that my friend was excited by the looks of her face. Natalie was going in for the talent

it is an action verb, which justifies the use of have in simple past as a substitution of present perfective in American English Please explain why this might be so. I see no relationship between the two uses. The sentence under consideration

Hey Renan, I can just tell you that some Americans DO use the simple past with already, yet, ever/never. I clearly remember a post in the pronunciation section where there was a video from the TV series Lost, and a guy asked a girl "Did you

Your question is very interesting and deals with two different future aspects  set in present tense. I will talk about them in reverse order for the sake of explanation. Also note that these explinations apply to past tense and present tense

I know that I find it mildly irritating when I ... it is as close to the door as "knelt", however. You reckon "knelt" is on the way out? Interesting, as I'd class "kneeled" as plain wrong in modern English (maybe

What logic? Both 'pavilion' and 'canceled' follow normal spelling rules; a double L would be unnecessary in the first case, and wrong in the second. What spelling rules? In fact, why is it "spelling" why isn't this

But then, there's that "suppose." I don't think it'd be used in a simple past construction. And the part about "mate shopping" doesn't sound American to me. It may, however, be a term I just haven't yet

I came across this transcript: "Suppose you were laid off through no fault of your own. You turn to an employment agency or register with a headhunter. You get job offers. But do you snap up the first one you get? That's not likely."