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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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"I have finished going over the press release yesterday."
Is this sentence right? Always connect a V-ing with finish?
Is this sentence right? Always connect a V-ing with finish?
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The 'finished going over' part is fine. However, 'yesterday' makes this a past-time situation, so you need the past simple 'finished', not the present perfect 'have finished'.
- The 'finished going over' part is fine.
- However, 'yesterday' makes this a past-time situation, so you need the past simple 'finished', not the present perfect 'have finished'.
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The 'finished going over' part is fine. However, 'yesterday' makes this a past-time situation, so you need the past simple 'finished', not the present perfect 'have finished'.
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fivejedjonThe 'finished going over' part is fine. However, 'yesterday' makes this a past-time situation, so you need the past simple 'finished', not the present perfect 'have finished'.Here is my unwanted two cents. Although, the sentene could be improved in my opinion, I find the context rather reasonable with the present perfect. Condiser the press release
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The original sentence contained the word 'yesterday', not 'just'. Different words require different tenses,
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