By Weddings, Simple past

I stayed - the simple past is used to describe a specific event. I have stayed - the present perfect is used to talk about something that happened in the past, but not in relation to a specific time. When you went to the wedding, did you stay in a guest house? The response requires simple...

Marius Hancu wrote: Pioussoul wrote: I really wonder why the past tenses of joined and united are used here. For me, shouldn't they be present or future tenses? Would some experts shed some light? I'm really confused and don't see the perspective of native speakers. Those are not simple past...

Pioussoul wrote: I really wonder why the past tenses of joined and united are used here. For me, shouldn't they be present or future tenses? Would some experts shed some light? I'm really confused and don't see the perspective of native speakers.Those are not simple past forms. Those are...

She hasn't come to visit us since her wedding (on July 7th) > OK She hasn't come to visit us since she got married > OK "Since" introduces either a complement referring to a precise moment in the past, or a time clause referring to a precise moment in the past (simple past). In those...

Hi, The Present Perfect is a very common topic of disussion on the Forum. If you search for it, you'll find many useful threads you can review. Very brieflY I made the cake Simple Past just states a fact about the past. Perhaps you made the cake yesterday, perhaps last year. 'For my wedding in...

I would say "I opened the window, and my cat jumped out", or "I had just opened the window when my cat jumped out". The actions are rather simultaneous, if I know cats well? As to the sentences with when + past perfect, it would be easier (to me at least) with "once". Maybe "when we had...