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Norwolf Posted 17 years ago
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Dear teachers
I have no idea of why present perfect is sometimes used instead of past tense in some special sentences where there are past time-position adverbials such as last week, in 1932, several weeks ago, yesterday.
Does the speaker want to emphasize the effect?
For example:
So, Ambassador Gold, doesn't it seem like a huge contradiction if the UN has agreed unanimously last night and voted upon the cease-fire deal.
I have no idea of why present perfect is sometimes used instead of past tense in some special sentences where there are past time-position adverbials such as last week, in 1932, several weeks ago, yesterday.
Does the speaker want to emphasize the effect?
For example:
So, Ambassador Gold, doesn't it seem like a huge contradiction if the UN has agreed unanimously last night and voted upon the cease-fire deal.
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norwolf So, Ambassador Gold, doesn't it seem like a huge contradiction if the UN has agreed unanimously last night and voted upon the cease-fire deal. I would accept that as something that might happen in speech, as an afterthought, but not as something natural or common. That above sentence sounds odd to me.
- norwolf So, Ambassador Gold, doesn't it seem like a huge contradiction if the UN has agreed unanimously last night and voted upon the cease-fire deal.
- I would accept that as something that might happen in speech, as an afterthought, but not as something natural or common.
- That above sentence sounds odd to me.
- the UN has agreed unanimously - (you know, it was just ) - last night, and blah blah blah...
- (in other words, I expect a pause or something) norwolf No matter what has happened today, never give up.
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norwolfSo, Ambassador Gold, doesn't it seem like a huge contradiction if the UN has agreed unanimously last night and voted upon the cease-fire deal.I would accept that as something that might happen in speech, as an afterthought, but not as something natural or common. That above sentence sounds odd to me. The above sentence, changed to speech to try to make
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Actually, the two sentences are taken from COCA. I think they are reasonable in some way. Could you native teachers tell me whether I am right or not?
And thank you all the same, Kooyeen.
And thank you all the same, Kooyeen.
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If that COCA is a language corpus or something, then... maybe you should consider that not everything that is said or written sounds good, not to everyone, at least. I have seen some examples taken from language corpuses (or corpora, or whatever the plural of this word is) that were actually unidiomatic. I don't know why, but I think it's normal that sometimes something "weird" happens to be said
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May I know the correct sentence please?
Does it has a receipt number ? or
Does it have a receipt number?
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