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Eladio Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

I burnt myself!

It's clear for me what a native English speaker understand when I say: "I've burnt myself!". But it isn't clear what does it feel or understand if I say: I burnt myself!, maybe: I deliberately tried to kill myself by spilling petrol to my body and let it burn?
  

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" has only the meaning that you have physically burned yourself. It doesn't give any indication as to why or how you've done so. It's simply a statement.

— Haoqide

  • " has only the meaning that you have physically burned yourself.
  • It doesn't give any indication as to why or how you've done so.
  • It's simply a statement.
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to say "I've burnt myself!" has only the meaning that you have physically burned yourself. It doesn't give any indication as to why or how you've done so. It's simply a statement.
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You'd use "I've burnt myself" when it happened recently, i.e. you maybe still wear a bandage or it still hurts.
"I burnt myself" would mean that it happened a certain time ago already, so maybe only a scar can still be seen or/and it doesn't hurt anymore.
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