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Re: present perfect vs past tense

Grammar Geek — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:42:37 GMT

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 past.
Have you ever stayed in a guest house (at any point in the past)? The response can be present perfect, or something like "Yes, I stayed at a guest house when I went to Jon's wedding."

Re: Wedding Invitations

Pioussoul — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:40:30 GMT

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 forms. Those are adjectives derived from past participles.

Thanks, friends, for your reponses, but I don't really know whom to believe, you or Feebs in that both of you hold good reasons.

Yet, in terms of your reasoning, the base sentence should go like this:

[Two lives, two hearts,
which are joined together in friendship,
and united forever in love.]

Then, it's not a complete sentence because it's lack of a verb.

Therefore, is it possible that a wedding invitation do own poetic licence like a poem?

Please shed more light. Thanks.

Re: Wedding Invitations

Marius Hancu — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:02:29 GMT

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 adjectives derived from past participles.

Re: "Since" with present tense??

pieanne — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:42:59 GMT

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 cases, the main clause is in the present perfect tense.

"Since" can also mean +/- "because". "She won't come with us, since she's sick".

But then it has nothing to do with time, and you don't have to use it with the simple past.

Re: have

Clive — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:04:34 GMT

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 1990, I made the cake.'

I have made the cake Present Perfect means you have right now the result of 'the making', which is usually the cake itself. 'I have made the cake. Would you like a piece? Let's eat!'

Best wishes, Clive

Re: When and Past perfect

pieanne — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 16:58:47 GMT

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 finished our meal, and everything had been put away, we moved into the garden and talked about our wedding".

The pace is more leasurely than with the simple past.