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1. What do the tenses tell us? Which one is preceding which?
When they had eaten dinner, they gave the leftover to it.
Why not this?
After they had eaten dinner, they gave the leftover to it.
2. I don't know much about the Statute of Liberty, nor do I know who gave that to americans.
When you use the present perfect, how far could we go back to reference it (with the use of present perfect)? Note that no time is mentioned.
The Statute of Liberty was sent/has been given by the French.
Sorry but one more question: How can we say one Japanese person? A Japansese? I think not.
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When they had eaten dinner, they gave the leftover to it.
Why not this?
After they had eaten dinner, they gave the leftover to it.
2. I don't know much about the Statute of Liberty, nor do I know who gave that to americans.
When you use the present perfect, how far could we go back to reference it (with the use of present perfect)? Note that no time is mentioned.
The Statute of Liberty was sent/has been given by the French.
Sorry but one more question: How can we say one Japanese person? A Japansese? I think not.
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1. These have the same meaning: When they had eaten dinner, they gave the leftovers to the dog. After they had eaten dinner, they gave the leftovers to the dog.
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- These have the same meaning: When they had eaten dinner, they gave the leftovers to the dog.
- After they had eaten dinner, they gave the leftovers to the dog.
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- When you use the present perfect, how far could we go back to reference it (with the use of present perfect)?
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1. These have the same meaning:
When they had eaten dinner, they gave the leftovers to the dog.
After they had eaten dinner, they gave the leftovers to the dog.
2. When you use the present perfect, how far could we go back to reference it (with the use of present perfect)? Note that no time is mentioned.
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1. These have the same meaning:
When they had eaten dinner, they gave the leftovers to the dog.
After they had eaten dinner, they gave the leftovers to the dog.
2. When you use the present perfect, how far could we go back to reference it (with the use of present perfect)? Note that no time is mentioned.
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Thank you. How would the sentence differ from these? Why the sentences I introduced are in present perfect (if they are correctly written)? If a group has been talking about the Statute of Liberty at length and how the French have played part in American history in early days (I don't know much about American history and much about the role the French people played in American history, if you ask
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If a group has been talking about the Statute of Liberty at length and how the French have played part in American history in early days, could it make it possible for a person to use the present perfect as has been in the sentence? -- Especially if you were talking about the Statue of Liberty at length, the gift of it would be in simple past
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If a group has been talking about the Statute of Liberty at length and how the French have played part in American history in early days, could it make it possible for a person to use the present perfect as has been in the sentence? -- Especially if you were talking about the Statue of Liberty at length, the gift of it would be in simple past
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