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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

I wanted to buy

I wanted to buy a car. (It means that I wanted to buy a car in the past but didn't do it.)

I have wanted to buy a car. (It means that I wanted and still want to buy a car.)

Is my understanding of the tenses usage in the above sentences correct?
  

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Anonymous I wanted to buy a car. ) Only context can tell us whether you bought it or not Anonymous I have wanted to buy a car. , etc'.

— Fivejedjon

  • Anonymous I wanted to buy a car.
  • ) Only context can tell us whether you bought it or not Anonymous I have wanted to buy a car.
  • , etc'.
  • This could be said a short time after buying a car.
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AnonymousI wanted to buy a car. (It means that I wanted to buy a car in the past but didn't do it.)
Only context can tell us whether you bought it or not
AnonymousI have wanted to buy a car. (It means that I wanted and still want to buy a car.)
We'd normally add something like 'for a long time, since I passed my driving tes
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Thank you, FiveJJ, for the reply.
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