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Cooly Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Differences????

1)Lee has already sent the letter.
2)Lee has just sent the letter.
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1)Have you been to Japan?
2) Have you ever been to Japan?

Thanks alot.
  

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Cooly- In the first group, the use of 'just' in the second sentence implies that Lee sent the letter in the immediate past, maybe fifteen minutes or so ago. 'Already' in the first sentence means that the letter was sent at an indeterminate time in the past--it could've been five seconds or a week ago. It's harder to explain the difference between the second two sentences.

— Nestor

  • Cooly- In the first group, the use of 'just' in the second sentence implies that Lee sent the letter in the immediate past, maybe fifteen minutes or so ago.
  • 'Already' in the first sentence means that the letter was sent at an indeterminate time in the past--it could've been five seconds or a week ago.
  • It's harder to explain the difference between the second two sentences.
  • Both would work in any context.
  • But number two implies that there is less of a chance that the listener has been to Japan.
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Cooly-

In the first group, the use of 'just' in the second sentence implies that Lee sent the letter in the immediate past, maybe fifteen minutes or so ago. 'Already' in the first sentence means that the letter was sent at an indeterminate time in the past--it could've been five seconds or a week ago.

It's harder to explain the difference between the second two sentences. Bo
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