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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
In this passage, does 'had lived' mean 'stop living'?
Does "It's been four years since I lived in Canada" mean "I left Canada four years ago."?
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past perfect
In this passage, does 'had lived' mean 'stop living'?
Does "It's been four years since I lived in Canada" mean "I left Canada four years ago."?
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Your analysis of both is correct. However, we aren't sure in the first if the persons have moved or have died.
- Your analysis of both is correct.
- However, we aren't sure in the first if the persons have moved or have died.
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Your analysis of both is correct. However, we aren't sure in the first if the persons have moved or have died.
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Thank you very much, but I don't seem to undertand your second sentence
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contrapositionThank you very much, but I don't seem to undertand your second sentenceThe past perfect implies that they no longer live there. We don't know if that's because they moved or because they died.
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