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Robert Seemann Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Have been able to or was able to
In an English magazine I have found this sentence: "I have been able to return to the past by spending this past year in Belfast." Why didn't he wrote: "I was able to..." because of the past in the second part of the sentence?
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Hello, Robert—and welcome to English Forums. The present perfect there expresses a 'life experience'.
- Hello, Robert—and welcome to English Forums.
- The present perfect there expresses a 'life experience'.
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Hello, Robert—and welcome to English Forums.
The present perfect there expresses a 'life experience'.
The present perfect there expresses a 'life experience'.
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