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Hans51 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
I brought / have brought you some news.
A: I brought you some news. You are hired.
B: Thank you.
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A: I have brought you some news. You are hired.
B: Thank you.
I have learned that sometimes present perfect tenses are interchangeable with past tenses like I have met him and I met him. And I was wondering if the examples sentences are also interchangeable for the same meaning or is there a meaning difference and do we have to distinguish between them?
And one more thing.
I think that I have cut my finger is also interchangeable with I cut my finger for the same meaning especially in American English or in spoken English. What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as always and have a good day.
B: Thank you.
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A: I have brought you some news. You are hired.
B: Thank you.
I have learned that sometimes present perfect tenses are interchangeable with past tenses like I have met him and I met him. And I was wondering if the examples sentences are also interchangeable for the same meaning or is there a meaning difference and do we have to distinguish between them?
And one more thing.
I think that I have cut my finger is also interchangeable with I cut my finger for the same meaning especially in American English or in spoken English. What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as always and have a good day.
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Hans51 And I was wondering if the examples sentences are also interchangeable for the same meaning or is there a meaning difference and do we have to distinguish between them? The sentences you quote have, for all practical purposes, the same meaning. These have a different connotation:: I have known John a long time.
- Hans51 And I was wondering if the examples sentences are also interchangeable for the same meaning or is there a meaning difference and do we have to distinguish between them?
- The sentences you quote have, for all practical purposes, the same meaning.
- These have a different connotation:: I have known John a long time.
- I knew John a long time..
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Hans51And I was wondering if the examples sentences are also interchangeable for the same meaning or is there a meaning difference and do we have to distinguish between them?The sentences you quote have, for all practical purposes, the same meaning.
These have a different connotation::
I have known John a long time.
I knew John a long ti
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