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Newguest Posted 18 years ago
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00There's the sentence: 01b00I've just noticed it a minute ago02b00. Is it a good sentence? On the one hand I used the present perfect tense because "I've just seen something," but on the other hand I added that it happened a minute 01b00ago, 02b00and as far as I know we use the word "ago" only in the past simple tense.02br
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00So, maybe it should be: I just noticed it a minute ago.02br
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0<> Being so close to now, I'd use 01i00I've just ...02i0-
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10Hi12br
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10There's the sentence: 11b10I've just noticed it a minute ago12b10. Is it a good sentence? On the one hand I used the present perfect tense because "I've just seen something," but on the other hand I added that it happened a minute 11b10ago,
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10<> Being so close to now, I'd use 11i10I've just ...12i12br
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10So, would it be the right construction: I've just....and ago??? Is it possible?0-
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0I've just seen something," but on the other hand I added that 01b00it happened a minute ago, 02b00and as far as I know we use the word "ago" only in 01b00the past simple02b02br
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00I've just seen something. (fine)02br
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00I saw something a minute ago. (correct)0-
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01cite10Poster12cite11b10I've just noticed it a minute ago.12b12br
10Mmmmm... you put a minute ago, so shouldn't it be in past tense? 12br
11b10I noticed it a minute ago.12b12br
10But if the exact time is not mentioned, then it is fine to state:12br
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00You are correct. I would use this formulation for something that had just happened:02br
01b00I just noticed it a minute ago.02b02br
00I would not use:02br
01b00I've just noticed it a minute ago.02b02br
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00Wife: Hey, the neighbor's dog is in the ya
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0Thank you for the answers.0-
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0 Hi Newguest02br
00To me, the use of the word 'ago' basically rules out the usage of the present perfect in your sentence. 0-
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0 Hi Newguest 02br
00To me, the use of the word 'ago' pretty much rules out the use of the present perfect in your sentence02br
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00By the way, here is a sample sentence taken from the BNC (British National Corpus):02br
00"I 01b00made02b00 you one 01b00just a second ago02b00."02br
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