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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

"I have lost it"

I have heard that Americans say, "Did you see it before?" in place of "Have you seen it before?" sometimes for the same meaning, and then it is also okay to say, "I lost it before." in place of "I have lost it before." for the same meaning or in casual English sometimes? Thank you so much as usual for your time and help.
  

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Hi, It's said, yes. Clive

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Hi,

It's said, yes.

Clive
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Anonymous"Did you see it before?" in place of "Have you seen it before?"
Anonymous"I lost it before." in place of "I have lost it before."
This is not good grammar where I come from. I don’t recommend it.
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Thank you both and then, Aspara, how do you distinguish when you have to use either one in each box? Thank you so much as usual.
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I would never use the simple past ones, so I can’t provide any examples.
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Thank you so much, so there are some people who use simple past ones for the same meaning as present perfect ones, or none, right? Learning English is really demanding, but I like it thanks to great people like you.
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Anonymousso there are some people who use simple past ones for the same meaning as present perfect ones
Yes. Sometimes doing so is acceptable, and sometimes not, as in this case.
AnonymousLearning English is really demanding, but I like it thanks to great people like you.
Good to hear! If I myself had to learn English as a s
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