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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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As you thought and/or as you have thought?
Hi. Does it have to be the past tense after the word "you" in the following sentence? Could it be a present perfect tense?
It might be good for you to include in your lesson plan an extra activity that you can use if other activities don't work as well as you thought (have thought - OK?).
It might be good for you to include in your lesson plan an extra activity that you can use if other activities don't work as well as you thought (have thought - OK?).
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No, it sounds odd to me.
- No, it sounds odd to me.
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Hi. Thank you very much. Please tell me what would be the difference between these two. Let us assume the first sentence appears in sort of a guide book for teachers (whatever subject it might be), and the second sentence is part of some sort of camp rules. I think we can use both present perfect and past in no. 2, where as only the past tense would be correct for no.1 (as you seemed to have said
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In #1, the simple past seems the right choice, since the thinking definitely occurs well before the activity is presented and fails.
In #2, the present perfect seems the right choice, since the opportunity to eat continues right up until a decision to discard it occurs.
That is how I feel the difference.
In #2, the present perfect seems the right choice, since the opportunity to eat continues right up until a decision to discard it occurs.
That is how I feel the difference.
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