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Tsystem Posted 22 years ago
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:: Is this sentence correct - Q & A

Question: Did you eat the cake?
Answer: I have eaten the cake already.

I would like to know if the answer to the question is correct. I was told by the teacher that adding the `already' is correct. But I do not really agree with it.

How about this answer: I already ate the cake.

Will appreciate all helpEmotion: smile
  

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A multiple issue. The normal usage would be: 'Q: Have you eaten the cake? ' with the present perfect used to question a possible action sometime in the undefined past up until now, and the simple past used to express the completed fact.

— Mister Micawber

  • A multiple issue.
  • The normal usage would be: 'Q: Have you eaten the cake?
  • ' with the present perfect used to question a possible action sometime in the undefined past up until now, and the simple past used to express the completed fact.
  • However, there is nothing wrong with the forms presented here; all are used informally.
  • ) associated with the present perfect, it can be used with the simple past as well: 'They are already at the concert'.
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A multiple issue. The normal usage would be:

'Q: Have you eaten the cake?
A: Yes, I already ate it.'

with the present perfect used to question a possible action sometime in the undefined past up until now, and the simple past used to express the completed fact.

However, there is nothing wrong with the forms presented here; all are used informally. Although 'alr
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