Just one more comment on this topic, regarding "never." Sure, we use never and simple past together. I looked for you at the mall all afternoon, but I never saw you. (Reference to a specific period of time.) I was hoping to see

The "for" is optional - you can use both. Simple past tense is fine. Present perfect is not OK, because your sentence implies that you are no longer living in France. Present perfect is used to mean continuation up to the present. Past

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

I have a few American students in one of my courses I am studying. Once, one of them asked me ... "Have you bought that book?". That seems "more correct" to me. So, could I reply him with "Yes, I have.". Yes, you

"Bob Cunningham" (Email Removed) schrieb im Newsbeitrag Note that British AUE posters have expressed wonderment about the ... that they would expect to hear only "Have you eaten?" This leads me to wonder about a statement