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Lev Landau Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Can From and To be used in the Present Perfect?
Hi everybody,
I'm wondering if From and To can be used in a present perfect sentence in some situations. For example:
--- From his elementary years to his college years (he's in college now), he's never smoked cigarette. ---
If From and To can't be used in that way, then how should I write the sentence so that it will refer to 2 facts: he's never smoked since elementary school, and he is in college and still doesn't smoke?
Thank you very much.
I'm wondering if From and To can be used in a present perfect sentence in some situations. For example:
--- From his elementary years to his college years (he's in college now), he's never smoked cigarette. ---
If From and To can't be used in that way, then how should I write the sentence so that it will refer to 2 facts: he's never smoked since elementary school, and he is in college and still doesn't smoke?
Thank you very much.
Top answer
Phrasing the sentence that way makes it confusing. It's better to just say "He has never smoked".
- Phrasing the sentence that way makes it confusing.
- It's better to just say "He has never smoked".
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Phrasing the sentence that way makes it confusing. It's better to just say "He has never smoked".
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Thank you very much. I understand it's better to just say that to the people who at least know he's in college. However, if I'm talking to someone who barely knows him, and I want to tell them that he's in college and he's never smoked since elementary school to emphasize how long he's been a nonsmoker, is there any way to combine these 2 pieces of info into 1 sentence? Or it is better to use 2 se
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If you say that he hasn't smoked since elementary school, you are suggesting that he did smoke at elementary school
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