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Hi Bokeh, Becasue of your reply, it made me take a second look at the original question. I also did some research and found this paper written on the subject of Semantic Composition of Subjunctive Conditionals by Michela Ippolito of MIT/Tübingen University. I am not completely sure if I...

Welkins2139 wrote: Marius Hancu wrote: Welkins2139 wrote:According to Michael Swan, we use a simple present perfect tense in sentences like that. Could you give some of Swan's examples? This is the first time that I've heard her sing. Page 424. Indeed, it is there, in the past time (5):...

Nef wrote: Hi, Aperisic I think I understand why you prefer the original sentence using present perfect tense, rather than the original sentence using simple past tense. But there is nothing wrong with using the simple past tense itself. If you want to be very clear about the time you saw...