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Cat navy 425 Posted 4 years ago
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Are you ever late for work?
Dear all,
I saw the following sentences in a video. But I don't know in what contexts they can be used. Could you please help me with this?
1) Are you ever late for work?
2) Have you ever been late for work?
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cat navy 425 1) Are you ever late for work? , in your current job, or asking whether you are even regularly late these days as a sort of bad habit. cat navy 425 2) Have you ever been late for work?
- cat navy 425 1) Are you ever late for work?
- , in your current job, or asking whether you are even regularly late these days as a sort of bad habit.
- cat navy 425 2) Have you ever been late for work?
- This seems more like it's asking whether you were late for work even once at any time in your whole life in any job you ever had in your entire life.
- CJ
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cat navy 4251) Are you ever late for work?
This seems to ask whether you are ever late for work these days, i.e., in your current job, or asking whether you are even regularly late these days as a sort of bad habit.
cat navy 4252) Have you ever been late for work?
This seems more like it's ask
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