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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...

Greetings,I have a pretty big favour to ask.I've been struggling with this topic for quite awhile now.It goes without saying that my English "leaves something to be desired".Having in mind the subtle differences that occur from using particular tenses, I have often wondered how the...

Cool Breeze wrote: Anonymous wrote:"The mountains having surrounded and protected Andong (a city name), many ancient arts and customs have been preserved here, including the Hahoe masks."What a beautiful example of a causal clause equivalent with its own subject!CBHi CB Does your comment mean...

David Little wrote:Can anyone tell me about how to use have and had?I mean have taken, had taken, has taken etc..What's the difference between I have drunk a cup of tea.I drank a tea.I had drunk a tea.It would be helpful if you give when to use these (point in time).-->In what context would a...

In my humble opinion, 'So we've already passed the right point, and yet we saw nothing' present perfect is used because we are no longer at the right point (but we are not mentioning time) and than Past simple is used because we are speaking about past (already mentioned by saying "we've...

Yankee wrote:Hi PuccaAnd, as Marius also mentioned, we Americans tend to use the simple past tense somewhat more often than our British cousins do. Who says? Don't confuse EFLese with English. They are two completely different things. Most EFL writers, Michael Swann included, ridiculously...

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. come forwarda) During our English classes (or lessons?) no one wants to come forward and answer the teacher's questions.--lessons is better.b) They've come forward with ambitious plans and ideas. (VS "came forward...")---come up with is better here.Choosing simple past or present perfect...

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...

«I personally feel that 'have + since' should be followed by past tense because the event in the past acts as a starting reference point for 'have'.» Past Simple will work always, Present Perfect — only in a few cases like: «It has been a long time since I haven't had a serious...