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Michaelting Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Make/made

His smile makes me happy.

As far as I know, this sentence is in present tense. So, at the time you are saying this, are you happy?

His smile made me happy.

Are you happy now?

Does I'ld mean anything?
  

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His smile makes me happy. As far as I know, this sentence is in present tense. - - Not necessarily.

— Mister Micawber

  • His smile makes me happy.
  • As far as I know, this sentence is in present tense.
  • - - Not necessarily.
  • It is the 'non-past' or 'universal present' use of the simple present.
  • It merely says that any time he smiles, I become happy.
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His smile makes me happy. As far as I know, this sentence is in present tense. So, at the time you are saying this, are you happy?-- Not necessarily. It is the 'non-past' or 'universal present' use of the simple present. It merely says that any time he smiles, I become happy. If you want to ensure it means 'now', you must use present continuous: 'His smile is making me happy.'
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Thank you for your reply.

I finished my homework.

Does it mean that it is finished as of now?

I felt happy.

From your explaination, does this have nothing to do with the present, as in you might or might not be happy?

Also, I would like to know

He let us went home. ( is this grammatically correct?)
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I finished my homework. I felt happy.

Those are past tense verbs and tell of a condition or action in the past. They say nothing about now.

He let us go home. -- This is correct. The finite verb is 'let'. 'Go' is an infinitive.

He let us go home yesterday.

He will let us go home tomorrow.

etc
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