Past Continuous / Past Indefinite
Could you please explain why in the sentence "At half past four I put on the lights" we use Past Indefinite though we assume the given moment in the past? Thank you!
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anonymous Past Indefinite This is an old term that isn't being used much anymore, probably because it doesn't really convey the correct meaning about the use of this tense. Nowadays we say it's the past simple tense. It turns out that the simple past can be associated with a specific time, but the present perfect cannot.
- anonymous Past Indefinite This is an old term that isn't being used much anymore, probably because it doesn't really convey the correct meaning about the use of this tense.
- Nowadays we say it's the past simple tense.
- It turns out that the simple past can be associated with a specific time, but the present perfect cannot.
- I turned on the lights at four o'clock.
- OK.
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anonymousPast Indefinite
This is an old term that isn't being used much anymore, probably because it doesn't really convey the correct meaning about the use of this tense.
Nowadays we say it's the past simple tense.
It turns out that the simple past can be associated with a specific time, but the present perfect cannot.
I turned on the
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