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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

past and/or present perfect

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00Please tell me if a past or present perfect or both is possible if we have these underllined phrases.02br
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00He was/has been a sales person 01u00for the last two years/during the previous two years/for two years02u00. -- for these, I think both past and past perfent tenses are allowed. 02br
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00He has been a sales person 01u00in the past two years/for the past two years02u00. -- I think, for these, no past tense is allowed. 0-
  

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02br 02br 00Before coming to work for us, he 01b 00had02b 00 been a sales person for the previous two years at a different company. 0-

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0 He has been a sales person in our company for the last two years/for two years [01b00not02b00 during the previous two years].02br
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00Before coming to work for us, he 01b00had02b00 been a sales person for the previous two years at a different company. 0-
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0How do I put a new topic?02br
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00When I use 01u00to dress02u00 and 01u00to wear02u00?0-
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0 She dresses well. She dressed her baby in a cute new outfit. She finally learned how to dress (herself).02br
00She always wears the same clothes to work. Last night she wore a lowcut gown.02br
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00Dress = to put clothes on02br
00Wear = to have clothes on 0-
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10 Click 01u00New Post02u00 at the top left of the page.02br
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