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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

"did you live" and "have you lived'

Hi,
Why would you say "How long did you live there before coming here?" instead of "How long have you lived there before coming here?"
Thank you.
  

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Germans love the present perfect tense. In English the past tense is used in your sentence: How long did you live there before coming here? This is because the person you are talking to no longer lives "there".

— Cool Breeze

  • Germans love the present perfect tense.
  • In English the past tense is used in your sentence: How long did you live there before coming here?
  • This is because the person you are talking to no longer lives "there".
  • CB
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Germans love the present perfect tense. In English the past tense is used in your sentence: How long did you live there before coming here? This is because the person you are talking to no longer lives "there".

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