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Hanuman_2000 Posted 19 years ago
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001. I 01i00________02i00 (played /have played) football once.02br
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00Which option (played /have played ) is correct?0-
  

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0I played football once.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10I played football once.12br
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10?? 02br
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01i00I have played football once (and once only).02i02br
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00What's the problem? No problem.0-
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0Hello GG,02br
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00Does "once" suggest past time ?0-
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0 Depends on context:02br
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00I played football once - I used to play football regularly but am now too old and stiff to do so so no longer play football.02br
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00I have played football once - I have only once played football. I didn't enjoy it so have never played it again.0-
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01cite10Feebs1112cite10Depends on context:12br
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10I played football once 11font10(=once upon a time)12font10 - I used to play football regularly but am now too old and stiff to do so so no longer play football.12br
10#12br
10I have played footba
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10I played football 11b10once12b10.12br
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10I agree, in most of the cases:02br
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00 Google hits: 02br
00 167 for "played soccer once"02br
00 11 for "'ve played soccer once" 02br
00 2 for "
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11cite20Feebs1122cite20Depends on context:22br
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21i20I have played football once 21font20(=one time)22font22i20 - 22br
20 I have only once played football. I didn't e
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0 I don't know about people but, I think, "01i00I have played football once 01font00(=one time)" 02font02i01font00is grammatically correct. It implies the fact that 01i00"I have played football one time"02i00 in the past no matter when it happened, and perhaps 01i00"I will
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01cite10Hanuman_200012cite10Hello GG,12br
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10Does "once" suggest past time ?12br
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10It can.0-
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0140 for "played just one time" 02br
004 for "have played just one time" 02br
004 for "'ve played just one time"02br
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00What strange constructions.02br
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00Here:02br
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01b0048,20002b00 01b00English02b00 pages for 01b00"01a

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