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Hi there. Welcome to EF.The differense between them happens to be interchangeable in some informal way or in narratives. We use Past Simple along with Present Perfect when we're talking about events happened in the past, but Present Perfect points that event may occur in the present again.He...

Hello, everyone: I don't understand the following paragraph, cited from a grammar book, could you help me please?"there is an idiomatic exception to the rule that the simple past tense indicates definite meaning: this is the construction with "always" illustrated by "I...

Hi, YSchneider. I am not a native speaker and this is indeed a tough grammar point for non-native speakers.Here is an extract from CGEL*: Did you lock the front door?

Hi,I was listening to some types of speeches and have some questions.1.When someone says this, does he have to make it known that it is quoted? Not if he doesn't want to. Such 'rules' are not governed by grammar. A teacher, for example, may insist that a student identify every...

He has been selected and has played for the team 5 times this year.He has played and scored for his team.Maybe it's as a result of the separation by selected in the first sentence, but for me it sounds better with has repeated.The second sentence, for me, sounds OK as it is.Sorry, I don't...

A has been sentenced to 10 years and has served 5 of them (so far).So you're saying that without has it sounds like served is in past tense instead of present perfect reusing the first 'has'.I interpret signed here as present perfect tense, borrowing the have before paid.What do you...

If everyone was really careful to always use the grammatically correct tense then using the "wrong" one might be pretty confusing, but that's not the case. English is pretty relaxed when it comes to past events and we often use the past indefinite where the past imperfect, past...

A partial grammar question letter : ' "Hello Grammar Teacher, I would like to thank you for your edition. However, I am not able to understand the logic of your edition. Could you..." Hello Grammar Teacher/Teachers, At the time of writing the letter, I still have not understood...

A I have friends who lived in the next house for five years. B. I have friends who have lived in the next house for five years. Hello Grammar Teacher/Teachers, 1. Is Sentence A called a Past tense because my friends are no longer living in the next house ? 2. Is Sentence B called a...

Since I was not allowed to edit my old post, I would like to add that one of the discrete past-marking usages of the present perfect tense is for denoting an experience.