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Mkyol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
do these sentences have the same meaning?
0 Does "it has been a long time since I had last eaten" have the same meaning as "it has been a long time since I last ate"? 0-
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0 First you have to fix the grammar. ) 02 br 00 CJ 0-
- 0 First you have to fix the grammar.
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0 First you have to fix the grammar. Then compare. 02 br
01 i 00 It has been a long time since I 01 b 00 have 02 b 00 eaten 02 i 00 is about the same in meaning as 01 i 00 It has been a long time since I ate 02 i 00 . 02 br
00 (You can add the 01 i 00 last 02 i 00 in both if you want, but it's basically unnecessary
01 i 00 It has been a long time since I 01 b 00 have 02 b 00 eaten 02 i 00 is about the same in meaning as 01 i 00 It has been a long time since I ate 02 i 00 . 02 br
00 (You can add the 01 i 00 last 02 i 00 in both if you want, but it's basically unnecessary
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1 i 00 It has been a long time since I 01 b 00 have 02 b 00 eaten 02 i 02 br
02 br
00 or similar is many time reduced by using 01 b 00 tense simplification in the subordinate 02 b 00 (see Swan) to 02 br
01 i 00 It has been a long time since I 01 b 00 ate 02 b 02 i 00 . 0-
02 br
00 or similar is many time reduced by using 01 b 00 tense simplification in the subordinate 02 b 00 (see Swan) to 02 br
01 i 00 It has been a long time since I 01 b 00 ate 02 b 02 i 00 . 0-
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0 Ok thanks for the help people, and thanks for the tense simplification reference. 0-
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