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Marold Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Exaplanations of particular uses of tense
Jack Woltz said harsly: "You trying to put muscle on me?"
Hage said coolly: "Absolutely not. I´ve come to ask a service for a friend. I´ve tried to explain that you won´t lose anything by it."
Why didn´t Hagen use I came and why didn´t he use I tried or I try? What would these other tenses imply?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Hage said coolly: "Absolutely not. I´ve come to ask a service for a friend. I´ve tried to explain that you won´t lose anything by it."
Why didn´t Hagen use I came and why didn´t he use I tried or I try? What would these other tenses imply?
Thanks a lot in advance.
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Hagen said coolly: "Absolutely not. I´ve come to ask a service for a friend. " Situation: Hagan is still with Jack.
- Hagen said coolly: "Absolutely not.
- I´ve come to ask a service for a friend.
- " Situation: Hagan is still with Jack.
- He uses the present perfect tense to emphasize that the actions are recent past, and these actions are not completed.
- They are still happening.
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Hagen said coolly: "Absolutely not. I´ve come to ask a service for a friend. I´ve tried to explain that you won´t lose anything by it."
Situation: Hagan is still with Jack. He uses the present perfect tense to emphasize that the actions are recent past, and these actions are not completed. They are still happening.
Situation: the next day, Hagan is talking on the p
Situation: Hagan is still with Jack. He uses the present perfect tense to emphasize that the actions are recent past, and these actions are not completed. They are still happening.
Situation: the next day, Hagan is talking on the p
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And what about this one:
The Don said quietly: "I´ve heard you are a serious man to be treated also with respect." (He said it to a one man during the talk)
Why not I heard? Because he heard in it the past. Well, it might have a bearing on the present, but I am not altogether clear about it. I would also incline to use the present perfect in this case.
Thank you
The Don said quietly: "I´ve heard you are a serious man to be treated also with respect." (He said it to a one man during the talk)
Why not I heard? Because he heard in it the past. Well, it might have a bearing on the present, but I am not altogether clear about it. I would also incline to use the present perfect in this case.
Thank you
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