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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...

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...

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...

You can't use the present perfect (e.g., have seen) in the same sentence with an expression of a definite time.A before clause expresses definite time. So have seen doesn't go with before. You have to change have seen to saw (the simple past).I saw your father before I came here.I saw...

Monday is not a period of time. It is a point in time.You use a since clause with a point in time to tell when an action began. You combine it with the present perfect to indicate that it has continued up to the present moment, regardless when it began. The presence of the word since makes a...

Hi,During this period I worked in several companies where I've gathered a broad knowledge base in the web design field."I see the writer as doing two things in this sentence.1. Stating past historical information. (I worked . . )2. Indicating that past activity has relevance to the...

To me, this is not the full story (and it's also a poor example). In this context, the perfect tense tends to suggest activity that was repeated or habitual until the time it stopped. For example, It's a long time since I've had a cigarette. -- reinforces the idea that I used to...

OK, let's get official here. I should've done it from the beginning:--But since can also be used as a conjunction of time, introducing its own clause. The tense in the since-clause can be perfect or past, depending on the meaning. Compare:I've known her since we were at school...

Hello, everyone: I've asked a question in http://www.englishforums.com/English/QuestionAboutTenseUsageSinceClause/gwxpb/post.htm , but I find out there are more than I need to ask, so I think it would be better to write a new post. Recently I saw several sentences using simple past and...

The difference is subtle. The present perfect is conceptually a step removed from the real action of the simple past. The present perfect is indirect compared to the direct simple past.I read a magazine today expresses what happened. It tells what I did directly. I have read a magazine today...