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Yankee wrote:Well, in American English people probably wouldn't have much of a problem putting now together with the simple past tense. For example, if you were trying to pay for some things in a store and the cashier had made a string of errors (rang up wrong prices, dropped and broke one of...

Hi Bokeh and TrexYes, I agree that a sentence such as "I lost my job" would be the most likely or typical. I also found the original sentence odd. My focus was on the use of the present perfect in this case. What do you think of the first half as a stand-alone sentence? "My job has gone." ...

Ana, if you are trying to understand the difference between the present perfect and the past simple, well, you can't? And why? Because every learner have been trying to do that since English was invented, but no one has ever succeeded! It is a trap! Ok, seriously, I can tell you the way I...

1. I wonder who is making / was making that dreadful row. - are both versions possible? Yes. If you are talking about the noise going on now, use "is" but if you are talking about that noise you hear last night, for example, use "was." 2. After he had eaten an enormous dinner, he fell asleep...

CalifJim wrote:A newspaper might announce this as: Professor Johnson has (recently) discovered a new phenomenon called hyperionization, which he claims will be of invaluable use to mankind. Note that a similar set of criteria is used to report deaths. We don't say Shakespeare has died or...

GoodmanWhy did you twist my message every time? When and where did I say such a thing like "just" and "already" are uncommon in BrE? I said to Daxiao (not to you!) that the use of such adverbs with the simple past tense is one of the features of AmE.ENGLISH TENSEThe present perfect is used with...

Old Eladio wrote: Please, tell me which one (ones) of these sentences are correct and which one is the most common? 1.- I haven’t got used to drinking wine. 2.- I haven’t gotten to drinking wine. 3.- I got not used to drinking wine. 4.- I didn't get used to drink wine. 1 is correct. 2...

1. Use of present perfect tense and simple past tense Speakers of American English generally use the present perfect tense (have/has + past participle) far less than speakers of British English. In spoken American English it is very common to use the simple past tense as an alternative in...

"Just" with Simple Past tense is preferred in American English, while British and StandardEnglish prefer Present Perfect with "just".