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Napoleonponapa Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Adverb of time

1) Over 200 years ago, we struggled with poverty.

2) Over 200 years ago , we have struggled with poverty.

Which one is correct?

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napoleonponapa 1) Over 200 years ago, we struggled with poverty. 2) Over 200 years ago , we have struggled with poverty. Depends what you mean.

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  • napoleonponapa 1) Over 200 years ago, we struggled with poverty.
  • 2) Over 200 years ago , we have struggled with poverty.
  • Depends what you mean.
  • Over 200 years ago we struggled with poverty.
  • During a period of unspecified length which occurred more than 200 years ago, we struggled with poverty.
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napoleonponapa1) Over 200 years ago, we struggled with poverty.
2) Over 200 years ago , we have struggled with poverty. Depends what you mean.

Over 200 years ago we struggled with poverty.

During a period of unspecified length which occurred more than 200 years ago, we struggled with poverty. It says nothing about conditio
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Dear Sir:

today is sunday, if I say " over 2 days ago" , does it mean from " wednesday to Thurdays" or from" Friday to saturday"

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Hi,

today is sunday, if I say " over 2 days ago" , does it mean from " wednesday to Thurdays" or from" Friday to saturday"

I think you don't understand this phrase correctly.

Consider these examples. Assume it is now Sunday at 6 pm.

Tom phoned me two days ago. This means he phoned me on Friday at 6 pm, but it is usually said loosely to mean 'He phoned me
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Dear Clive:

Does the phrase" over two years ago" mean " more than two years ago" or " during two years ago"

Does it make sense ? if I say" during 2 years ago, I learned english hard".

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napoleonponapaDear Clive:

Does the phrase" over two years ago" mean " more than two years ago" Yes, as shown in Clive's example

or " during two years ago" This is not grammatical.

Does it make sense ? if I say" during 2 years ago, I learned english hard". This is not grammatical.

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During the past two years, I
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