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Beds Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Past perfect

Hi,

Values that we have lost many years ago or
Values that we lost many years ago?

One more,

Is it correct to say something like "I've broken my arm last Monday", since my arm's still broken?

Thank you.
  

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Beds Values that we have lost many years ago or Values that we lost many years ago The second sentence is the correct one, but neither of them is past perfect. Beds Is it correct to say something like "I've broken my arm last Monday", since my arm's still broken? No, you cannot, because the sentence contains the specific past reference, 'last Monday'.

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  • Beds Values that we have lost many years ago or Values that we lost many years ago The second sentence is the correct one, but neither of them is past perfect.
  • Beds Is it correct to say something like "I've broken my arm last Monday", since my arm's still broken?
  • No, you cannot, because the sentence contains the specific past reference, 'last Monday'.
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BedsValues that we have lost many years ago or Values that we lost many years ago
The second sentence is the correct one, but neither of them is past perfect.
BedsIs it correct to say something like "I've broken my arm last Monday", since my arm's still broken?
No, you cannot, because the sentence contains the specific past
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Yes, I'm sorry, I meant present perfect.

Still, "many year ago" seems so vague. Is it a exception to the 'specific point' rule or something else?

Thank you very much, gentleman.
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BedsStill, "many year ago" seems so vague. Is it a exception to the 'specific point' rule or something else?
It does not have to be 'specific'; it must simply be clearly in the past and not a part of the present. ' X time ago' is a clear past marker: no part of 'ago' is in the present time.
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