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Chivalry Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Grammatically-flawed sentence

This is a sentence regarding one's habit of buying clothes:
"I have bought this dress although there was no foreseeable event that required it,"

I really think she should have said "I BOUGHT this dress..." instead of "I HAVE bought it" in that the latter half part of the sentence is in past perfect tense.

Am I right though?
  

Top answer

" instead of "I HAVE bought it" in that the latter half part of the sentence is in past perfect tense. It just depends on what she's thinking. Present perfect there is its use as a 'life event', which she may be using as a sort of emphasis; simple past there of course just refers to the past fact.

— Mister Micawber

  • " instead of "I HAVE bought it" in that the latter half part of the sentence is in past perfect tense.
  • It just depends on what she's thinking.
  • Present perfect there is its use as a 'life event', which she may be using as a sort of emphasis; simple past there of course just refers to the past fact.
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chivalryI really think she should have said "I BOUGHT this dress..." instead of "I HAVE bought it" in that the latter half part of the sentence is in past perfect tense.
It just depends on what she's thinking. Present perfect there is its use as a 'life event', which she may be using as a sort of emphasis; simple past there of course just refers to the past f
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Mister Micawber chivalryI really think she should have said "I BOUGHT this dress..." instead of "I HAVE bought it" in that the latter half part of the sentence is in past perfect tense.It just depends on what she's thinking. Present perfect there is its use as a 'life event', which she may be using as a sort of emphasis; simple past there of course just refers to the past
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She's emphasizing the purchase in spite of the absence of need.
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