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Necrophagist Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Past simple and present perfect
There have been times when I thought life was meaningless.
Is this sentence grammatically correct? Is It okay to use the past simple even though I started out with the present perfect?
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<|NOW... F= first time I thought life was meaningless. 2 etc: second time I thought life was meaningless.
- <|NOW...
- F= first time I thought life was meaningless.
- 2 etc: second time I thought life was meaningless.
- ' is before NOW, therefore, in the past.
- (in this sentence)back to the first instance.
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Pictorially:
...F<.....2.....3....4...<|NOW...
F= first time I thought life was meaningless.
2 etc: second time I thought life was meaningless.
NOW = the moment of speaking these words
every instance of thinking ' life was meaningless.' is before NOW, therefore, in the past.
Present Perfect...looks back from NOW...over a period o
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