Short answer: Yes, but i'm not as likely to use it that way. Opti is the faster typist - he posted 2 minutes before I did! Maybe he'll give his opinion too, but if someone said "I've been sick" (remember in the

it is an action verb, which justifies the use of have in simple past as a substitution of present perfective in American English Please explain why this might be so. I see no relationship between the two uses. The sentence under consideration

I profess that I am a thief. Okay, but "confess" would be more common. To acknowledge I profess like a father. My American Heritage gives this meaning (intransitive), but I've never heard it. There are common religious meanings,

Hi HSS I wrote "had seen" instinctively. In other words, I wasn't paying any special attention to which verb tense I used when I wrote the sentence. However, when I look at it again today, that is still the tense I would choose. You

Hi, Kooyeen There you go! So, it's true. Americans sometimes do that! And, as well as you, I prefer the present perfect in those situations rather than the simple past. Thank you very much Kooyeen

Hey Renan, I can just tell you that some Americans DO use the simple past with already, yet, ever/never. I clearly remember a post in the pronunciation section where there was a video from the TV series Lost, and a guy asked a girl "Did you

Hi, pals It's been a long time. I really thank you both. Your answers are more than enough, so clear, so clever. However, I'm confident of what I said. I deal with American, British and other foreigners every day. And, most of them,

So, is it a matter of regionalism? - No, not with this question . 3) " Did you ever before?" -- I would not use this.- Actually, this is not proper English. Have you ever lived in an English speaking country before? This says: from the

1> a: "You are my daughter. It makes me happy to be able to help you. So tell me. b: "Okay. He has threatened to kill me." 2> "Because I am not the only one looking for it. American intelligence has caught wind of the

The problem might be the verb "broadcast." The past form can be "broadcasted" or "broadcast". I am American and most often use the first form. In England or other English-speaking places, you might hear the other