By Present perfect, Letter writing

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Sorry the following letter had been posted in last week. But i still have problems concerning the tense. I find four tenses (present, past, present perfect and past perfect) in a letter. I feel it is incorrect in letter writing. Have any helper to resolve my problem? (Grammar book: reported...

Sorry the following letter had been posted in last week. But i still have problems concerning the tense. I find four tenses (present, past, present perfect and past perfect) in a letter. I feel it is incorrect in letter writing. Have any helper to resolve my problem? (Grammar book: reported...

Congratualtions for your explanations. There are clear and the best i've found. Vos explicatons sont les plus pédagogiques que j'ai pu trouver à ce jour et je tiens tout particulièrement à vous en rendre hommage. Gérard.Forum: New: Common English Questions and Answers - Archived PostsPosted:...

The most natural are 1a, 2a, 3b, 4a, 5a. 2b is incorrect. An adverbial indicating a point in time ("when I was cutting onions") is incompatible with the perfect aspect. I've been cutting onions ("continuously until now" implied). That's why my eyes are red ("now" implied). I have cut the...

TO QUOTE CALIFORNIA JIM: 'There is more than one difference between the simple past and the present perfect. The simplest difference is the grammatical difference that the simple past can be used with expressions which signify a definite, particular time in the past. I wrote a letter...

There is more than one difference between the simple past and the present perfect. The simplest difference is the grammatical difference that the simple past can be used with expressions which signify a definite, particular time in the past. I wrote a letter yesterday. I wrote a letter at 7...