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Cik Paqupaqis Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Grammar

What is the diferences in meaning between these two sentences?
1) the rain stopped
2) the rain has stopped

How to use them in correct way?
  

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In the first, the speaker has the past-ness of the event of the stopping in mind. In the second, the speaker is thinking of the present relevance of this - tt is no longer raining.

— Fivejedjon

  • In the first, the speaker has the past-ness of the event of the stopping in mind.
  • In the second, the speaker is thinking of the present relevance of this - tt is no longer raining.
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In the first, the speaker has the past-ness of the event of the stopping in mind.
In the second, the speaker is thinking of the present relevance of this - tt is no longer raining.
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The rain stopped last night. It is sunny today.
The rain has stopped. We can go outside and not get wet.
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This happened 300 years ago. An old man went out walking on a rainy day. After he walked for half an hour, the rain stopped. (You absolutely cannot use "has stopped" here. It has nothing to do with our daily lives here and now.)

This happened one week ago. An old man went out walking on a rainy day. After he walked for half an hour, the rain stopped. (Yo
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