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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Difference between past indefinite & past perfect
i like to know the difference between past indefinite & past perfect
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'Past indefinite' is not a term used by native grammarians, and it is an inappropriate term, since it can be quite definite: Mother died in 1968 . This is called simple past . If you use the Search box at the upper right of the screen, you will find many threads talking about the differences between simple past and past perfect.
- 'Past indefinite' is not a term used by native grammarians, and it is an inappropriate term, since it can be quite definite: Mother died in 1968 .
- This is called simple past .
- If you use the Search box at the upper right of the screen, you will find many threads talking about the differences between simple past and past perfect.
- [url=]HERE[/URL] is one of them.
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'Past indefinite' is not a term used by native grammarians, and it is an inappropriate term, since it can be quite definite: Mother died in 1968. This is called simple past.
If you use the Search box at the upper right of the screen, you will find many threads talking about the differences between simple past and past perfect. [url=]HERE[/URL] is one of them.
If you use the Search box at the upper right of the screen, you will find many threads talking about the differences between simple past and past perfect. [url=]HERE[/URL] is one of them.
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Anonymouspast indefinitePersonally, I find it impossible to say what the "past indefinite" even is. I have always believed that it was an old name for "present perfect", in harmony with what "past indefinite" means in French and Italian, and some modern writers agree with this interpretation:
Article from: The Oxford Dictionary of English Gr
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