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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Both correct or not?

Hi guys i feel like both of these sentences correct but i want to be sure it's for my homework.

We have come too far to lose

We came too far to lose

Also they both mean same thing right?
  

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Anonymous i feel like both of these sentences correct Yes. Anonymous Also they both mean same thing right? Not exactly—it is the same difference as between any simple past vs present perfect verb form: The first of your sentences is the one usually needed.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous i feel like both of these sentences correct Yes.
  • Anonymous Also they both mean same thing right?
  • Not exactly—it is the same difference as between any simple past vs present perfect verb form: The first of your sentences is the one usually needed.
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Anonymous i feel like both of these sentences correct
Yes.
AnonymousAlso they both mean same thing right?
Not exactly—it is the same difference as between any simple past vs present perfect verb form:

The first of your sentences is the one usually needed.
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"We have come too far" covers the all the relevant past time up to right now, and "to lose" looks forward to the coming (i.e., future) contest. "We came too far" contemplates a point in the past where you had arrived (metaphorically). From that point to the present is unaccounted for by the tense used, and then you look forward to the future contest. Which makes the second sentence strange enou
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