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Kashash Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
I've sent or I sent
Hi I've read we use present perfect when the past has some importance to the present situation.
So if I'm talking to the library about the book request should I say "I've sent an email to you about a book request." Obviously this has some kind of connection about the present so it tells me to use present perfect, although the action is already done, it's not like I'm actually still sending the email, so should it be simple past?
Or should it be present perfect, although simple past only if I mentioned the time like "yesterday"
And could someone explain to me please when to use I've read and I read. Or could it be used both in some situations?
So if I'm talking to the library about the book request should I say "I've sent an email to you about a book request." Obviously this has some kind of connection about the present so it tells me to use present perfect, although the action is already done, it's not like I'm actually still sending the email, so should it be simple past?
Or should it be present perfect, although simple past only if I mentioned the time like "yesterday"
And could someone explain to me please when to use I've read and I read. Or could it be used both in some situations?
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Hi, I've read we use present perfect when the past has some importance to the present situation. " Yes. Obviously this has some kind of connection about the present so it tells me to use present perfect, although the action is already done, it's not like I'm actually still sending the email, so should it be simple past?
- Hi, I've read we use present perfect when the past has some importance to the present situation.
- " Yes.
- Obviously this has some kind of connection about the present so it tells me to use present perfect, although the action is already done, it's not like I'm actually still sending the email, so should it be simple past?
- No Or should it be present perfect, Yes although simple past only if I mentioned the time like "yesterday" Yes And could someone explain to me please when to use I've read and I read.
- Or could it be used both in some situations?
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Hi,
I've read we use present perfect when the past has some importance to the present situation. Yes
So if I'm talking to the library about the book request should I say "I've sent an email to you about a book request." Yes. Obviously this has some kind of connection a
I've read we use present perfect when the past has some importance to the present situation. Yes
So if I'm talking to the library about the book request should I say "I've sent an email to you about a book request." Yes. Obviously this has some kind of connection a
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wow that's very interesting I've always wondered if native speakers ever mistake the correct tense, it's their mother language so everything seems so natural to them (please correct me if the grammar is wrong in these sentences). I've spoken to once south african once and he said that he just knows it automatically when to use the certain tense although couldn't explain the principle of it.
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Hi,
When you use word "once" do you use simple or present perfect?
like I spoke to him once, or I've spoken to him once.
Are there situations where both are correct?
Generally speaking, it depends on which meaning you intend for 'once'.
eg I spoke to him
When you use word "once" do you use simple or present perfect?
like I spoke to him once, or I've spoken to him once.
Are there situations where both are correct?
Generally speaking, it depends on which meaning you intend for 'once'.
eg I spoke to him
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That's fantastic help thanks
So should my sentence above be I spoke once to the south african then?
So should my sentence above be I spoke once to the south african then?
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Hi,
What do you mean here by 'once'?
eg At some point in the past?
eg Once, not twice, and I may have to speak to her again?
Clive
What do you mean here by 'once'?
eg At some point in the past?
eg Once, not twice, and I may have to speak to her again?
Clive
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Hi,
So should my sentence above be I spoke once to the South African then? Yes.
Clive
So should my sentence above be I spoke once to the South African then? Yes.
Clive
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This explanation is perfect. And it wouldn't easy for me to understand the Present Perfect without your explanation. I'm not a native speaker. Thx.
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What should I use? "I've sent him a 33 pages, text message. I wish it helped." Or "I'd sent him a 33 pages, text message. I wish it helped." Or "I sent him a 33 pages, text message. I wish it helped."?
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