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Emithebomber96 Posted 14 years ago
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I've read an American book which said a sentence like this "we were told not to take weeks off" and I've always heard "we've been told" and never "we were told", could someone please explain to me the difference between them two and when to use each of them?
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There is not a significant difference here. The present perfect states a past experience, which here relates to the present (someone is perhaps considering taking weeks off). AmE tends to use simple past a lot more often than does BrE.
- There is not a significant difference here.
- The present perfect states a past experience, which here relates to the present (someone is perhaps considering taking weeks off).
- AmE tends to use simple past a lot more often than does BrE.
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There is not a significant difference here. The present perfect states a past experience, which here relates to the present (someone is perhaps considering taking weeks off). AmE tends to use simple past a lot more often than does BrE.
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