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Jigneshbharati Posted 5 years ago
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This document has been printed on paper made from responsibly-managed forests. Why do we need the present perfect (has been printed) and not the simple past here? How do we expand this phrase- responsibly-managed in full?
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Jigneshbharati Why do we need the present perfect (has been printed) and not the simple past here? Both tenses are possible here. "has been" is justified by the fact that the result or effect of printing exists in the present (you are looking at it).
- Jigneshbharati Why do we need the present perfect (has been printed) and not the simple past here?
- Both tenses are possible here.
- "has been" is justified by the fact that the result or effect of printing exists in the present (you are looking at it).
- Jigneshbharati How do we expand this phrase- responsibly-managed in full?
- "responsibly-managed forests" = forests that are responsibly managed Conventionally a hyphen is not used with "-ly" adverbs, but it is only a convention and not really based on sound logic.
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JigneshbharatiWhy do we need the present perfect (has been printed) and not the simple past here?
Both tenses are possible here. "has been" is justified by the fact that the result or effect of printing exists in the present (you are looking at it).
JigneshbharatiHow do we expand this phrase- responsibly-managed in full?
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