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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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past simple and present perfect?
whats the diffrent betweet past simple and present perfect?
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What's the difference between ....?
If you type 'past simple. present perfect' in the Search box at the top of this page, you will fine many threads on this subject.
If you type 'past simple. present perfect' in the Search box at the top of this page, you will fine many threads on this subject.
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there are many differences, but the basic one when it's up to usage is that Past Simple is generally used when the moment of the action happening is know, while Present Perfect is utilized for an unknown moment.
"I read the book" would mean that you did it a previously established time frame. It means in some moment of your life you are talking about now and decribe what you did then.
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"I read the book" would mean that you did it a previously established time frame. It means in some moment of your life you are talking about now and decribe what you did then.
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Anonymous past simple and present perfectHere's the briefest explanation I've ever come up with.
The past simple is used to tell a story. The present perfect is used to give a status report.
Check out other posts as advised above for much more on this topic.
CJ
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