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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
I've seen vs saw
How are they different?
Can
"This is the prettiest picture I have seen"
be written as
"This is the prettiest picture I saw" or "This is the prettiest picture I seen."
Is there a difference?
Can
"This is the prettiest picture I have seen"
be written as
"This is the prettiest picture I saw" or "This is the prettiest picture I seen."
Is there a difference?
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Anonymous How are they different? Can "This is the prettiest picture I have seen" (up to and including the recent past) be written as "This is the prettiest picture I saw" or This would require prior context. You looked at some pictures on some specified occasion in the simple past.
- Anonymous How are they different?
- Can "This is the prettiest picture I have seen" (up to and including the recent past) be written as "This is the prettiest picture I saw" or This would require prior context.
- You looked at some pictures on some specified occasion in the simple past.
- You are now referring to one of them, possibly in your immediate possession, telling someone in the simple present about the past experience and about your present feelings regarding the picture.
- " This is ungrammatical.
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Anonymous How are they different?
Can
"This is the prettiest picture I have seen" (up to and including the recent past)
be written as
"This is the prettiest picture I saw" or This would require prior context. You looked at some pictures on some speci
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Have is a stand-alone verb (I have a nice house) and an auxilliary (helping) verb used with other verbs (like "see") to make the "perfect tenses".
There is present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect. These have progressive and passive forms, too.
There is present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect. These have progressive and passive forms, too.
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can you briefly explain prsent perfect, past perfect, future perfect, progressive, and passive?
thanks...i think I know how to write some sentences, but I do not know which category they fall under?
thanks...i think I know how to write some sentences, but I do not know which category they fall under?
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Here are a few examples:
Present perfect:
1) I have seen all the movies in the Star Wars series.
2) He has been to New York two times.
Past Perfect
1) I had been to Rome several times before I travelled to London.
2) She had lived many years in Florida before she died.
Future Perfect
1) By the end of this year, when I get
Present perfect:
1) I have seen all the movies in the Star Wars series.
2) He has been to New York two times.
Past Perfect
1) I had been to Rome several times before I travelled to London.
2) She had lived many years in Florida before she died.
Future Perfect
1) By the end of this year, when I get
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