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Layla1234 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

For the first time and which tense?

Hello again!

I am wondering which tense can we use with for the first time.

Can we say I have been there for the first time or only It;s the first time I have been there is correct?

I have been browsing a lot of pages and I haven't found any answer so far.

Thanks in advance.
  

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Hi I think you have options depending on the situation: However I do not see a situation we can use present perfect with 'first time'. I'm sure veterans will have more to say. Here are some sentences usind present past and future tenses: I am here for the first time.

— Vsuresh

  • Hi I think you have options depending on the situation: However I do not see a situation we can use present perfect with 'first time'.
  • I'm sure veterans will have more to say.
  • Here are some sentences usind present past and future tenses: I am here for the first time.
  • (Now) I was there last Tuesday for the first time.
  • (past) I will meet/ am meeting him for the first time on Sunday next week.
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Hi

I think you have options depending on the situation:

However I do not see a situation we can use present perfect with 'first time'.

I'm sure veterans will have more to say.

Here are some sentences usind present past and future tenses:

I am here for the first time. (Now)

I was there last Tuesday for the first time. (past)

I will meet
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