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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
grammar rule
In school I was taught that in BE you use the simple past for an action happened in a finished time in the past and the present perfect for a time period that didn’t end yet.
Exa.: Yesterday I went there twice. Today I’ve gone there once.
What about AE? Is it the same rule?
Please I’d like to hear more than one reply just to see different opinions and specify if you are a British or an American.
You guys are unbelievable, thanks for existing.
Exa.: Yesterday I went there twice. Today I’ve gone there once.
What about AE? Is it the same rule?
Please I’d like to hear more than one reply just to see different opinions and specify if you are a British or an American.
You guys are unbelievable, thanks for existing.
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It's the same for American English. You can also use the present perfect for a VERY RECENTLY completed action, as in: The prime minster has announced he's stepping down. Today I've gone there once sounds like there is a possibilty you will there again today.
- It's the same for American English.
- You can also use the present perfect for a VERY RECENTLY completed action, as in: The prime minster has announced he's stepping down.
- Today I've gone there once sounds like there is a possibilty you will there again today.
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It's the same for American English.
You can also use the present perfect for a VERY RECENTLY completed action, as in: The prime minster has announced he's stepping down.
Today I've gone there once sounds like there is a possibilty you will there again today. This makes sense to day at noon, but not at 11 p.m.
You can also use the present perfect for a VERY RECENTLY completed action, as in: The prime minster has announced he's stepping down.
Today I've gone there once sounds like there is a possibilty you will there again today. This makes sense to day at noon, but not at 11 p.m.
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The meanings of the tenses are the same in BrE and AmE.
It's just that occasionally Americans feel that time periods are finished sooner than their British counterparts, so Americans sometimes choose the past (feeling that the time period in question is finished) where the British might choose the present perfect (feeling that the time period in question is still in ef
It's just that occasionally Americans feel that time periods are finished sooner than their British counterparts, so Americans sometimes choose the past (feeling that the time period in question is finished) where the British might choose the present perfect (feeling that the time period in question is still in ef
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