By Vocabulary, Present perfect

There's some truth in that article. My parents, for instance, used to speak in Sardinian (not a dialect, but recognised as an endangered language by the UNESCO) when talking to each other or to their relatives, but they would only speak Italian with my brother and me. I grew up monolingual,...

Hi, everybody! Maybe I should have started with "well," but I can ensure you that I'm the original poster, while this guy Anonymous wrote: Well, I have a half-finished game of noughts and crosses tattooed on my forehead. If you do too, then I guess... is not (but I found his/her post...

CalifJim wrote:1) I see no significant difference between your two sentences whether with live, work, or study. I would not assume anything with regard to English vocabulary and grammar!CJ Still, there could be a difference in the way the each speaker perceives each time period. The...

1) I see no significant difference between your two sentences whether with live, work, or study. I would not assume anything with regard to English vocabulary and grammar! 2) To start with, I would say ... during the past ten years. The second version (with the progressive tense) mixes...

Hello, Crocodoc, welcome to the English Forums! I think your problem here is more a matter of tenses than of vocabulary. "I haven't seen him today" is present perfect (have in present tense + V. in the past participle). You say that when it's still "today", that is when it's still possible for...

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Hello CJ Thank you for the great answer. The idea is semantically the present perfect simply refers to some time in the past, but pragmatically the distance in the past is dependent on the specifics of the situation. Cases where a lesser amount of time is considered are the common activities....

Yes. The main difference is in vocabulary but there are a few important grammatical differences: 1. BrE sometimes uses the present perfect while AmE use the past simple. 2. BrE uses have got while AmE tends to use have. 3. There are some differences inirregular verbs between AmE and BrE. This...

What is wrong with the following statements? 1. 'I’d like some information about your courses.' 'Information' is uncountable. 2. 'Yes. I went to the bank yesterday.' The expired timeframe denominator, 'yesterday', precludes the use of present perfect. 3. 'Yes, he is rather thin/skinny these...