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The conversations have been quite varied and in a wide variety of contexts, about both spoken and written English. As I'm sure you know, there are other things that might be different too. However, in my experience, simple past vs present perfect usage is one of the variations that tends...

WesternAmerican wrote: person x: Have you been imprisoned all these years?person y: Yes, I have/Yes, I was.What I want to ask is, what happens when one person says something that contains present perfect, and the other person answers using past simple.Is it okay? person x: Have you been in...

I think this confirms my opinion. BUT, I would have said: “back then I would have liked to have met her ALREADY , but today I have no preference,” Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. PERFECT INFINITIVE ...

Goodman wrote: It may sound crazy but I think different economic level speaks and uses English at different degrees, whether they are proper. For this question, I think most of us would agree the answer is “A”; myself included. However, many may take “B “ as the correct answer. In writing, I...

It may sound crazy but I think different economic level speaks and uses English at different degrees, whether they are proper. For this question, I think most of us would agree the answer is “A”; myself included. However, many may take “B “ as the correct answer. In writing, I think people tend...

Hello Mowgli Mowgli wrote: I would prefer past simple "Where were you?" because B isn´t abroad or away any more, they couldn´t have this conversation otherwise.To me, "I went to Malta for a 3 week holiday" sounds natural as the answer. I interpret A might ask "Where have you been?" because A...

The "GO DO SOMETHING" Family of Colloquial Expressions There are several variants of "go do" in American English. All are used informally in conversation, and almost never in formal writing. In the following discussion, the verb "do" stands for any verb, but the list of verbs normally used...

The idiom is "have got" in both American and British English. It is a purely idiomatic alternate for "have" and is not much used except in the present tense. That is, "have got" is the present tense of this idiom, even though "get" is the present tense form of "to get", and the past is "got". ...

Short answer: Yes. The "GO DO SOMETHING" Family of Colloquial Expressions There are several variants of "go do" in American English. All are used informally in conversation, and almost never in formal writing. In the following discussion, the verb "do" stands for any verb, but the list of...