3) All the class is going to be punished, because someone has written an offensive anonymous essay. You know, I am not even sure that Present Perfect is necessary in this sentence :P. Isn't it optional in AmE and BrE? I used it on purpose,

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

People transported loads of camping necessities to a little island from a boat through waist-deep water. The job just finished only seconds ago. You are a college student on vacation, fresh out of grueling finals, lying sprawled on the seats at

1. I wish I had more time to finish this exercise - SIMPLE PAST - PRESENT 2. When you have finished , you can go home - PRESENT SIMPLE present perfect (have) - FUTURE 3. 'Major calls for peace summit' (headline) - PRESENT

I agree with Philip - it takes several to assemble. That being said, all of the options would be correct with the compound subject - they are just different tenses and voices! Mr. Gupta and his friends assembled on the lawns. (simple past) Mr.

"Have you" and "did you" are closely related, but "Did you have" is quite different, using "to have" as the main verb, rather than as an auxilliary. (simple past) I broke the vase. Did you break the vase?

I Thank you for your helpful inputs, but I am still having a problem. The truth is, it is a story I have translated. I began with the simple present which seemed just fine, but then I felt I had to switch to the simple past. Then I got confused

Hi LoveCZ I had the same query about the simple past VS present perfect. I have known her for three days already. And I now want to describe her to my friend. So the situation is not until now, but until 3 days ago. Then what should I say ? I

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

I wouldn't recommend it. Present perfect brings you arguably up to the time of your announcement. It could conceivably be taken as a statement that you still don't know. "Know" is a little bit tricky. "I have known about