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Voytaszek Posted 9 years ago
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I've got a job!
When we talk about recent things that are new for our interlocutors we use the PP:
-I've got a job!
-You must be very glad of that.
But what if that person knew that we just came back from a job interview?
Do we use the PS in that case?
-I got a job!
-I knew you would!
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Voytaszek But what if that person knew that we just came back from a job interview? I got the job! I've got the job!
- Voytaszek But what if that person knew that we just came back from a job interview?
- I got the job!
- I've got the job!
- You can use both of these.
- It is "the" because in this case the other person already knows about the job.
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VoytaszekBut what if that person knew that we just came back from a job interview?
I got the job!
I've got the job!
You can use both of these. It is "the" because in this case the other person already knows about the job.
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And what about the present actions?
Joe has just broken the window:
1.-Why did you do this, Joe?
2.-Why have you done it, Joe?
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