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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Attended vs. have attended

A. I was the top-performer in many of the trainings I attended in the past.
B. I was the top-performer in many of the trainings I've attended in the past.

Which of the sentences above is correct?
If they are both correct, what is the difference?
If I used "most" instead of "many", what would be the difference?
  

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Anonymous A. B. If I used "most" instead of "many", what would be the difference?

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous A.
  • B.
  • If I used "most" instead of "many", what would be the difference?
  • You're focusing on the wrong thing.
  • What stands out most here is that there is no word trainings , so both are wrong.
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AnonymousA. I was the top-performer in many of the trainings I attended in the past.B. I was the top-performer in many of the trainings I've attended in the past.Which of the sentences above is correct?If they are both correct, what is the difference?If I used "most" instead of "many", what would be the difference?
You're focusing on the wrong thing. What s
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I'm really thankful of your response.
CalifJimI was the top performer in most of the training courses I attended.
Is it incorrect to add "in the past" at the end of the sentence here? I understand the phrase usually goes with the present perfect,but can it also be used with the simple past?

Why is it incorrect to use the present perfect in the sentenc
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AnonymousIs it incorrect to add "in the past" at the end of the sentence here?
No. It's just redundant. The -ed ending on attended already means "in the past".
AnonymousWhy is it incorrect to use the present perfect in the sentence below
It's not incorrect. I just happen to prefer the simple past in that sen
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Sorry for my delayed reply, but thank you very much for your response.
CalifJimIt's not incorrect. I just happen to prefer the simple past in that sentence.
I was the top performer in most of the technical trainings I attended.
I was the top performer in most of the technical trainings I've attended.

Since both are corr
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AnonymousI was the top performer in most of the technical trainings I attended.
I was the top performer in most of the technical trainings I've attended.

Since both are correct
No. I've already told you they are wrong because there i
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I think there's a diference in meaning: simple past has no connection with the present, and present perfect is not that far, it "touches" the present time, but both happened sometime ago. Am I right?

Thanks,

Lilian
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