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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Lived

Can you say:

I've lived in Europe when I was a kid.

Can you use the present perfect tense here?

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PreciousJones I've lived in Europe when I was a kid. It my opinion this is not correct. "When I was a kid" is clearly a past time reference, which would allow the past perfect.

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  • PreciousJones I've lived in Europe when I was a kid.
  • It my opinion this is not correct.
  • "When I was a kid" is clearly a past time reference, which would allow the past perfect.
  • Simple past, "I lived in Europe when I was a kid," would tend to imply that your entire childhood was spent in Europe, but not necessarily .
  • If you mean "periodically," I'd say that the past perfect is a better choice.
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PreciousJonesI've lived in Europe when I was a kid.
It my opinion this is not correct.

"When I was a kid" is clearly a past time reference, which would allow the past perfect.

Simple past, "I lived in Europe when I was a kid," would tend to imply that your entire childhood was spent in Europe, but not necessarily.

If you mean
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PreciousJonesI've lived in Europe when I was a kid.Can you use the present perfect tense here?
No. When you were a kid is a definite time period. You can't mention a definite time or time period together with the present perfect in the same clause like that.

CJ
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