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Khoshtip Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Grammar issue

1- It is broken.
2- It has been broken.

I think the sentence #1 can refer to all three of past, present and future but #2 is just referring to the past. Right?
If not, how we separate them of meaning?
  

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khoshtip 1- It is broken. For me, this indicates the present state of the device, gadget or whatever it is. It may have broken down yesterday or 10 years ago, but it certainly isn't working at the moment.

— Cool Breeze

  • khoshtip 1- It is broken.
  • For me, this indicates the present state of the device, gadget or whatever it is.
  • It may have broken down yesterday or 10 years ago, but it certainly isn't working at the moment.
  • If someone fixes it today, it may work tomorrow.
  • khoshtip 2- It has been broken.
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khoshtip1- It is broken.
For me, this indicates the present state of the device, gadget or whatever it is. It may have broken down yesterday or 10 years ago, but it certainly isn't working at the moment. If someone fixes it today, it may work tomorrow.
khoshtip2- It has been broken.
The first idea that comes to my mind is th
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I think your meaning was "It may have been broken down yesterday or...".
So from your explanations I think I should conclude that when we say something is broken, this way we don't want to say how that event has occurred but when we say that thing has been broken, we want to say, for example, some external force caused it to be broken. Right?
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So none of them indicates a real difference in reality, right?
Cool BreezeAs English is virtually uninflected
What do you mean by that please? It's odd to me!
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khoshtip1- It is broken.2- It has been broken.
For me,#1 is speaking about the present state of the window. #2combines tthe ideas of he present state with the past act of breaking.

In practical terms there is no significant difference in meaning,
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Thank you.
It seems that you wrote it hurriedly!
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khoshtipWhat do you mean by that please? It's odd to me!
English words have very few forms. For example, you can add an s to a noun, with or without an apostrophe. Very often the meaning depends on the context.

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