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I agree. Despite what you will hear about how American have little use for the present perfect and use the simple past too much, I would use "have you ever been" for that question, UNLESS we were talking very specifically. Remember how we were talking about that new Indian place that...

Velimir:Sorry I did not understand your question. Here are some comments on the verb tenses in your sentences1a) Whenever you've sent us your goods, we have received your documents related to the delivery when the truck has already set off . you've sent: You have sent is present...

This probably doesn't answer your question.I don't think there's any difference in meaning. But I feel the present perfect is the clear choice for your application. You're in the process (present) of describing what you've done for the purposes of your application.If you...

Hi AnonI don't feel comfortable with that either. The present perfect typically refers to a past activity that happened at an indefinite time in the past, or at some unspecified time between a point in the past and now. Generally speaking, you'll mainly find a specific past time in a...

Hi, So if I were to say "She has never watched TV". Does it mean that she hasn't watched TV until now? Meaning, up until now she has watched TV? Yes, correct.Even if I were to say "She never watched TV", isn't it also true that she has not watched TV up till now? We...

Hello everybody,I had to write some business correspondence recently and I got stuck at the early beginning in the mesh of time clauses and verb tenses. Here's the sentence I would like you to check in various verb tense - options and to give some brief comment if possible. I start with what...

Hi,1) I think that this was intended for Nicholas and Emily - their own private after party once the guests have gone.2) It happened before things had changed between you and Sam, when she was still desperate to hang on to Jason.Hi, could anyone explain why the perfect form was used in these two...

She never watched TV. at no time in the pastShe has never watched TV. at no time in the past until nowI am confused as to when to use simple past and present perfect.I know that you would use present perfect when you don't know whenor how long it happened. However based on the 2nd...

Me neither. It seems they should be the same.It never happens that he eats beef.It never happened that he ate beef.It has never happened that he has eaten beef.Still, a simple past after a present perfect seems possible:It has never happened that he ate beef.I've found examples (through...

That's one of those BrE/AmE things, I think. Very generally, we form the negative with the "do" form for simple present and simple past. I run every morning, I don't run every morning. Certainly "I runn't" is wrong. I baked these cookies myself, I didn't...