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Jaylhw1 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Past tense and present tense(confused)

0 very sorry to all, i know tis will be a very silly question, since i dont understand, so i must ask here. sorry for those who feel this stupid02br
00i can not differentiate between when to u present tense and past tense sometimes.02br
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001. I got my result just now02br
002. I realized that i have missed the class.02br
003 .I understand what u mean. 02br
00We usually say "I (understand) what u mean" when we have understood something transmitted by someone. Since we have understood, then why we can not say " I (understood) what u mean" [we have understood already what?02br
00For case 1 and 2, after have gotten the result and realized something, then we use past tense for it.02br
00Why case 1 and case 2 have the same situation, but different in sentence grammar?? 0-
  

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0 Hi02br 00in the first, there is "just now", and "just" is used with the past or the present perfect. So you say "I just saw my result. I just finished.

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  • 0 Hi02br 00in the first, there is "just now", and "just" is used with the past or the present perfect.
  • So you say "I just saw my result.
  • I just finished.
  • I got it just now.
  • 02br 00I understood (= at some moment in the past) what you meant.
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0 Hi02br
00in the first, there is "just now", and "just" is used with the past or the present perfect. So you say "I just saw my result. I just finished. I got it just now. Etc."02br
00As for the other question:02br
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00I understand (= now) what you mean (= what you want to tell me now).02br
00I understood (= at some moment in the past)
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0Regarding 'understand', if I'm not mistaken, it's a state verb. That means you're still in the state of 'understand'. Therefore, you should use the present tense unless you're referring to a past incident and your state of 'understand' in the past. Just my thought.0-
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01. I am mistaken.02br
002. I am interested.02br
003. I am distracted by peter.02br
00 Case 1 and 2 use the tense with same function, but case 3 does not , how to explain it? If case 3 is the correct sentense, then case 1 should be i am mistaken by ???. and case 2 should be i am interested by???. if case 1 and case2 are the correct sentence then case 3 should
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0As far as tense is concerned, all of them use the same tense, the present.0-
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0 Well, 01i00mistaken02i00 and01i00 interested02i00 are used as adjectives in your examples, while 01i00distracted02i00 is a past participle that is part of a passive structure, so it's a different structure. However, you could use01i00 distracted02i00 as an adjective too, so you could also say 01i
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0 The competition is started on morning? 02br
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001. I am mistaken. 02br
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002. I am interested.02br
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003. I am distracted by peter.02br
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00All of the above are past participles used as adjectives to show the states. i.e. 00I 00am pleased00 to inform you….02br
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Hi In the above reply posted by jaylhw1 on Mon. apr.21 2008 you said the use of "I am mistaken" is the same structure as " I am worried" Could you please explain to me which structure that may be? I can not come clear with the use of "I am" coupled with a verb in the past tense such as I am interested. Please help!
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some of the verb can be adjective, when ed is applied.... interest itself can be a verb or noun, it can be adjective though...... after ed is applied.. it is same with i am beautiful....
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Verb and subject must match in number and tense.

I understood (past tense) what you meant (past tense).


I understand (present tense) what you mean (present tense)

Active sentences also have a subject verb then object (the subject acts upon the object)

The dog jumped over the fence.

Passive sentences have object verb subject.

The fence was jumped over b

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