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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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managed or have managed?
"People managed to get out of the car" or "people have managed to get out of the car" ?
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, if describing an accident, then those people could be still on the scene, maybe waiting for or receiving treatment). In a different sense, it could in principle be used to state that such a thing has happened on one or more past occasions, but it seems unlikely in this case. For an event further back in the past, use "People managed to get out of the car".
- , if describing an accident, then those people could be still on the scene, maybe waiting for or receiving treatment).
- In a different sense, it could in principle be used to state that such a thing has happened on one or more past occasions, but it seems unlikely in this case.
- For an event further back in the past, use "People managed to get out of the car".
- This is the usual kind of distinction between present perfect and simple past.
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"People have managed to get out of the car" is used for a recent event that still seems connected with the present (e.g., if describing an accident, then those people could be still on the scene, maybe waiting for or receiving treatment). In a different sense, it could in principle be used to state that such a thing has happened on one or more past occasions, but it seems unlikely in this case.
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