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Teo Posted 18 years ago
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I (have) taught English for six months.
0 1. I have been teaching English for six months. 01 i 01 u 00 I started doing it six months ago and am still doing it. Best sentence of the three. 02 br
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00 2. I have taught English for six months. 01 i 01 u 00 Possibly means the same as no. 1, or could mean that once in the past I taught English for a period of six months 02 u 02 i 00 . 02 br
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00 In what context can one use #2 instead of the past tense to mean 01 i 01 u 00 that once in the past I taught English for a period of six months? 02 u 02 i 0-
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00 2. I have taught English for six months. 01 i 01 u 00 Possibly means the same as no. 1, or could mean that once in the past I taught English for a period of six months 02 u 02 i 00 . 02 br
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00 In what context can one use #2 instead of the past tense to mean 01 i 01 u 00 that once in the past I taught English for a period of six months? 02 u 02 i 0-
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0 'I taught English for six months' would be better for that context - I once taught English for six months - even better. 02 br
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00 To use 2 naturally, you really need a context where you are stressing that you HAVE taught English and the 6 months is fairly incidental. 02 br
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00 Eg 02 br
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00 Would you ever like to work in education?
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00 To use 2 naturally, you really need a context where you are stressing that you HAVE taught English and the 6 months is fairly incidental. 02 br
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00 Eg 02 br
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00 Would you ever like to work in education?
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