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As is the case with British English, whether an American uses the simple present or the present perfect often simply depends on how the speaker is viewing a past activity. That said, when either tense is possible according to the "usual rules", I think there is a noticeable tendency...

He bought a parrot that the seller said it would repeat every word he uttered. Contented, he went home and but later found it didn't say a word. Furious, he went back to the owner and asked him what had happened. The owner answered that he had not lied (didn't lie OK??) to the man. The...

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...

They both mean the same thing. "Have you got ...?" is more common in British English, perhaps, but as far as I know, both are used in all varieties of English. "have got" is probably the only case in English where the present perfect form is used with present meaning. "Do you have?" is much...

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...

I learned it the same way, pieanne did - and all my grammar books also say that "just" is a signal word for perfect tenses ---> at least in British English. Americn English tends to use "just" with the Simple Past. "Preterite" btw is applicable to English as well as for every Germanic language...