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Re: Present perfect

clive — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:14:03 GMT

Hi, Have I used present perfect correctly here? Authors recomm e nd that a diver who has suffered pneumocephalus should suspend scuba diving for a/the ?? stated time, at least unti l a few months after pneumocephalus is not vi sible on CT scans and all symptoms have disappeared withdrawn . Is this version better: No Authors reccomand that diver suffered pneumocephalus has to suspend scuba diving for stated time, at least until few months after pneumocephalus has not been visible on CT scans and withdrawal of all symptoms. Clive

Present perfect

antonija — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:55:46 GMT

Have I used present perfect correctly here? Authors recommand that a diver who suffered pneumocephalus has to suspend scuba diving for stated time, at least untill few months after pneumocephalus has not been vi sible on CT scans and all symptoms have withdrawn . Is this version better: Authors reccomand that diver suffered pneumocephalus has to suspend scuba diving for stated time, at least until few months after pneumocephalus has not been visible on CT scans and withdrawal of all symptoms. Thank you Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table...

Passive voice question

clifton horrell — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:59:29 GMT

does anyone know anything about passive voice? i just have a quick question if anyone knows it... I can’t figure out how to switch active voice to passive, without changing the tense. For example, present simple tense, “paints” is active, and “is painted” is passive. In past simple, “painted” is active, and “was painted” is passive. In both of these cases, the tense remains the same. What about present continuous (active) “is painting”, what would be the passive? or for example Past continuous (active) “was painting”, what would be passive? Present perfect (active) “has painted”, passive? and how do figure out how to do it myself? even when i'm looking at the answer, im not sure i understand this principle...

Re: Tenses

philip — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:34:44 GMT

No, the present perfect would be he has walked or he has driven . He used to indicates habitual action in the past that no longer occurs.

Re: In and for - Present Perfect?!

mister micawber — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:45:00 GMT

No, although I suppose it is possible in some scenarios. Here, 'in' is an alternative: I have danced for two hours now. I haven't danced for two hours now. I haven't danced in two hours now.

Re: Perfect with yesterday.

norwolf — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:19:47 GMT

Dear CalifJim. I copied it from the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language by Rodney Huddleston (P144-145) I had a hard time reading the description about it by the writer. Here is the passage: Past time adjuncts in experiential perfects This use of the present perfect allows for the inclusion, under restrictive conditions, of a past time adjunct: i a. He has got up at five o'clock. b. He got up at five o'clock. ii a. We've already discussed it yesterday. b. We discussed it yesterday. In "at five o'clock" is a crucial part of the potentially recurrent situation: the issue is that of his getting up at this early hour; there is no reference to any specific occasion, as there is in...

Re: Perfect with yesterday.

clive — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:10:55 GMT

Hi, Here is a sentence from CGOEL: We’ve already discussed it yesterday. The Present Perfect refers to the past until now, so you should reword the sentence this way. We discussed it yesterday. We have already discussed it . In every day speaking, we could use your your original sentence, with a pause before 'yesterday'. ie We’ve already discussed it , yesterday. My question is: whether the discussion is over or not. Personally, I think it is over. The above versions all mean that a discussion started and ended. However, it's always possible to have another discussion, if people want to. Best wishes, Clive

Re: Perfect with yesterday.

califjim — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:09:17 GMT

Here is a sentence from CGOEL: We’ve already discussed it yesterday. It should be We already discussed it yesterday. And the discussion is over. It is anomalous to use the present perfect ( 've discussed ) with an adverb indicating a definite time ( yesterday ). CJ

Go and been/ never in more than tense

ericsteef — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:48:38 GMT

i would like to know two things. the first one is : the past participle of the verb "go", is it "been"? ex: i have been to London. have you ever been to London? i think that "go" in this case has irregular form in the past participle which is "been" and that why we use the preposition "to" we don't say " i have been in London" we use "to" as if we say i will go to London" not "in London" is that right? secondary : the adverb never. we study at school that the key words of the simple present tense always, often...and never. ex: he never plays football with his friends. but what i notice is that "never" is used mostly with the...

Re: Figure

clive — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:43:34 GMT

Hi, Because with Present Perfect, you need have + past participle . 'Figured' is the past participle. This is why you say I have cooked dinner and not I have cook dinner. Clive

Re: Thought

pleasehelp — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:17:17 GMT

What about 3 days ago? Should I use past perfect or present perfect?

Re: Problems with mixed tenses exercises

clive — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:07:25 GMT

Hi, Welcome to the Forum. Problem 1: img687.imageshack.us/img687/4138/testnx.jpg It's much easier for us to respond if you actually post the question here. Most of us don't want to go off and start searching other sites. It takes time and often makes it harder for us to make edits and to respond in a quick way. I've got doubts concerning number 7 (love). According to the key there are 2 possible answers "love/loved". My question is: why is Present Perfect impossible here? To my Polish ear, it just sounds perfect Problem 3: At the dentist's I was on time for my dentist's appointment, but the dentist was still busy with another patient, so I (1)..(sit) in the waiting room and (2).....

Problems with mixed tenses exercises

chudziol — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:14:40 GMT

Hi, I'm a Pole trying to explore the intricacies English This is my first post here so, welcome everybody. And here are my problems. I've done these tests and I even got the key, but there is no freaking way I can understand some answers. Wondering now if it's really so difficult or I'm just so stupid Ok, let's go: Problem 1: img687.imageshack.us/img687/4138/testnx.jpg I've got doubts concerning number 7 (love). According to the key there are 2 possible answers "love/loved". My question is: why is Present Perfect impossible here? To my Polish ear, it just sounds perfect Problem 2: img80.imageshack.us/img80/9406/focusj.jpg Number 20. Can we put "was shutting" here? Or maybe the action of...

Re: If clause

natalia paramita — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:48:12 GMT

Many thanks for your information then for the last example: if i have seen you, i will wave --> if + Present perfect, present future?

Shouldn't

pleasehelp — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:21:11 GMT

I shouldn't have ate it. Or I shouldn't have eaten it. What's the difference? The second sentence is present perfect so is the first sentence simple past tense?

Re: English grammar

califjim — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:49:46 GMT

what W hat is the difference between present tense and present perfect tense? Let me illustrate with the verb work . Present. I, you, we, they work he, she, it, who? works Present perfect. I, you, we, they have worked he, she, it, who? has worked CJ

Re: PASSIVE VOICE with Present Perfect Continuous

yankee — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:48:56 GMT

I answered your question in another thread, Anon: http://www.englishforums.com/English/PassiveVoice/ljchm/post.htm

Re: Problem in sentence

ruslana — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:30:51 GMT

She's had to do a lot of work. = She has had to do a lot of work. "She has has to do a lot of work" doesn't make sense. It's Present Perfect tense here, which means you need the construction "to have + past participle". More examples: I have done a lot of work today. I have had a lot of work today. She has done a lot of work today.

Re: English grammar

ter — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:02:39 GMT

Present perfect is used when an event takes place from the past up till now, particularly when the event first happened in the recent past. Present perfect is usually used when you want to emphasise that the timing of the event (being in the past) is particularly important in what you're describing.

Re: Speak

dimsumexpress — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:46:00 GMT

Have you spoken with Jon recently ? "Recently" calls for present perfect context. Did you speak with Jon yesterda y (any past time marker)?

Grammar Questions

emma_09 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:41:37 GMT

Hello everyone, Would anyone mind having a read through my answers below to see if i'm on the right tracks? I'm looking at the meaning/function and form of the sentence/underlined words! With many thanks!! Fiona is very sociable - Present simple to describe a friends character/ Subject + be in present + adverb + adjective (adjective phrase) I wish it would stop raining – I know ‘wish’ and ‘would’ are the key to the construction - but I don’t know what the tense is… Subject + wish + it (what is it?)+ would (modal auxiliary verb) + verb + gerund Fadouma has worked here for 2 years – present perfect to describe something that began in the past and continues now. Subject + have (3rd...

How come you haven't let me know?

vince — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:34:53 GMT

Hi all, I'm back from a loong holiday :-) Now I'm teaching English again, and I'm running into trouble... At the school I teach (Dutch school) we use a book that's not always as clear as it should be. Even I don't always know the answer So, we have the following sentence: How come you didn't let / haven't let me know about her accident? The pupils have to choose whether to use the past simple or present perfect. Honestly: I have no clue what to do with this sentence. To me, it sounds wrong, no matter which one I choose. I'd say: How come you didn't tell / haven't told me about her accident? But then, which one is right, or are they both right? Hope you can...

Re: Struggling with tenses

avangi — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:18:47 GMT

PERFECT TENSE is something that happened in the past which affects us at present CONTINUOUS TENSE continues as we speak ie be, am are is (plus present participle) PERFECT CONTINUOUS something which started in the past and continues to present? (starts in the present and continues in the present) 1. Chloe has been living in Leeds for 6 months but I have lived there longer. PERFECT CONTINUOUS (present perfect continuous) 2. I enjoy walking to work every morning. PERFECT CONTINUOUS (present simple - I enjoy) 3. I have managed to sleep all night. PERFECT TENSE (present perfect) 4. Martin has been waiting for Julie to call him. CONTINUOUS TENSE (present perfect continuous) 5. I am seeing a movie with my...

Re: Present Perfect Question // "You have smelled my cakes!"

califjim — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:06:24 GMT

I'm guessing it has something to do with the result thing I wouldn't take 'the result thing' too seriously in this case. In fact, if I were you, I would put that out of my mind completely. The baker could just as easily have said, "You smelled my cakes. You have to pay me for my cakes". That would be a more casual wording. "You have smelled my cakes. You must pay me for my cakes" is somewhat more formal in style. If you want to get into the finer points, the use of "You have smelled my cakes" makes the smelling of the cakes a sort of permanent experience associated with the man who smelled the cakes (in the mind of the baker). The man can't deny it; his having smelled the cakes...

Present Perfect Question // "You have smelled my cakes!"

bamtori — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:46:17 GMT

Please read the paragraph below: He saw a man baking delicious cakes. "What a nice smell," the man said. Eating his bread, he breathed in the smell for some time. When he rose to continue his journey, the baker suddenly ran across the road and caught him. "Just a second!" the baker cried. " You have smelled my cakes. You must pay me for my cakes!" Would anybody explain to me why the present perfect form was used in the sentence underlined, please? I'm guessing it has something to do with the result thing, because I read in some grammar books that the present perfect is used when the result of a past action remains in the present: You have smelled my cakes. ( Past Action ) Cause ...

Re: Questions mainly on past perfect tense uses

califjim — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:24:58 GMT

1. There is no objection to the use of time words with the past perfect tense. The objection is when these words are used with the present perfect tense. You may, however, if you wish, replace "last week" with "the previous week". Both are equally correct from the grammatical point of view. 2. The sentence is fine as it stands. The simple past forms of find and leave are indistinguishable from their past participles, so it's impossible to say whether the writer intended the auxiliary had to apply to them or not. Nothing about the correctness of the sentence hinges on knowing this; it would be correct either way. 3. would be is not wrong. It depends on what meaning you want to convey. Because he hadn't...

Re: Please help me

dimsumexpress — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:59:51 GMT

One extra point I want to make which is when you add the adverb "regularly" to the sentence, it will skew the meaning which was intended. Consider this: A- I sent you an email earlier, did you get it? B- I am checking my e-mail? ----He is logging in to check (now), as I explained in my last post. If "regularly" is thrown into the sentnce, then it has a slight resemblance to present perfect which means "yes, I have been checking.." . "I am checking my email regularly but I didn't see your email in my In Box" this is a perfectly good sentence. However,to avoid this cross-tense confusion, I would perosnally choose to avoid sing "adverbs of frequency" like often,...

Re: Please help me

dimsumexpress — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:27:32 GMT

I am cheking my e-mail. This says: I am at this minute logging in to check if my boss has sent me any email I heve been checking my e-mail The present perfect signifies that the act of checking has started from a point in time passed which by rule can not be denoted by past time markers such as yesterday, last week, a year ago etc. ,and still held true. I have been studying English for a while - meets the rule requirments; and so does "I heve been checking my e-mail".

Hadn't

pleasehelp — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:24:20 GMT

Why didn't you just say you haven't read the book. Why didn't you just say you hadn't read the book. Again one is present perfect and the other is past perfect but what's the difference between the two sentences?

Re: 'not always' + present perfect or past simple?

clive — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:42:59 GMT

Hi, could you pls let me know whether this sentence is correct grammatically or not? *if i haven't received any reply till today, i will return the shpt to the customs.* in advance thank you for your help No, it's not correct. Two capital letters are missing. (Can you see where they should be?) Abbreviations should not be used in careful English, and the abbreviation 'shpt' is not even commonly used in less careful English. When you write this, do you not know whether you have received a reply 'today'? Possibly you should say 'by the end of business today'. 'By' is better than 'till'. Clive

CHP tickets

pleasehelp — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:35:42 GMT

I told my mom she has gotten a ticket for not speaking English. OR I told my mom she had gotten a ticket for not speaking English. What's the difference between the two sentences? I know one is present perfect and the other past perfect but don't they essentially mean the same thing?

Re: So far/faring

califjim — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:30:41 GMT

1. So far, he's been faring well. 2. So far, he is faring well. I agree with Avangi's analysis. The first example, with its present perfect tense, takes in the idea of a span of time that is regarded by the speaker as having begun earlier. The second example takes in the idea of a span of time that is regarded by the speaker as belonging entirely to the present, without reference to any earlier time. The consequence of these facts is that the first one seems to involve a longer span of time. The difference can be quite small in the real-world situation, so at times the difference between the two statements is practically negligible. CJ

Re: Use of the word pled

avangi — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:59:47 GMT

Is the use of the word pled in the following example grammatically correct? The parties have pled not guilty .. In this case the simple past tense and the past participle are identical. (You can always find them listed in your dictionary.) The present perfect tense uses the present of "to have" plus the past participle. (He has pled not guilty.)

Re: The perfect form ＋ the subjunctive mood

anonymous — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:01:42 GMT

It can be put in present perfect and past perfect using "if" like this: If the train have already left , we shall/will take the next train. (formal present perfect subjunctive) If the train had already left , we should/would take the next train. (formal past perfect subjunctive) You can substitute the modal "should" between "train" and "have" to read like this: If the train should have already left , we shall/will take the next train. Should the train have already left , we shall/will take the next train. If you conjugate "to have" in the present indicative as "the train has", this is considered an informal condition or it means something...

Re: The world _____ by the animals in Arctic Tale

yankee — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:00:46 GMT

Hi Volcano The use of the present perfect continuous (has been changing) does not necessarily indicate that the change is currently still in progress. With the present perfect (simple or continuous), it is never 100% clear whether the activity is still ongoing or not. The use of the present perfect continuous in your sentence would tend to suggest that the change is still in progress, however it is also possible that it isn't.

Re: BY / FROM lokking at / normal that vs normal for / in case

dimsumexpress — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:58:41 GMT

1 When I use the multi way plug for my computer, I don't pick up all the wifi connections there are. That's because there isn't enough electricty flowing into your computer, and you're computer is running at 50 percent of it's capacity/of its energy. (the screen isn't as lit etc...) How would you say this?) 1) Your computer's WIFI reception and where it gets it's power from don't interact with each other. That mutilple-way plug (as you called it) is called by several descriptions: power strip/ mutiple-outlet extension, and for computer connection, most people would spend a little more on a surge-protected model. 2) punctuation! 3) Natural way: It's reasonable that he wants...

Re: Grammar

cool breeze — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:44:02 GMT

Now if I look up "are," the dictionary tells me that it is the present plural of "be." But what I would expect is that it would tell me that it is the present plural of "am" or "is" because those are the verbs I actually use if I want the singular of "are." MM has given you agood answer; I'll just elaborate a little. It is obvious that you have never been taught the forms of to be and how to use them. (It's never too late to start! ) Are can be singular or plural, by the way. A. the full/complete infinitive: I want to be here. Used after many verbs such as want, expect, desire etc. Also used after adjectives and there are other uses. B. the plain/bare infinitive =...

Re: I bet...

yankee — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:12:48 GMT

The verbs in your sentences have different tenses. I bet I stopped listening before you did . bet = simple present tense stopped = simple past tense did = simple past tense (The word "did" is used as a replacement for "stopped".) Your second sentence contains a pretty unlikely tense combination, in my opinion. In fact, it strikes me as simply being bad grammar: I bet I' ve stopped listening before you did . bet = simple present tense