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Hktrader Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Past tense or present perfect tense should I use?
Here is a senario:
I live in HongKong and I went to "someplace" in Jan this year.
Now is May, I am already back to HK now and want to report to my boss.
So, which sentence(s) is/are correct?
A) I followed my colleagues to "someplace" for 11 days
B) I have followed my colleagues to "someplace" for 11 days
there are several concerns for me :
Sentence A: Using past tense with a time (for 11 days), but don't we just use (for a period of time) in present perfect tense?
Can we use it in past tense?
Sentence B: Present perfecet tense with a time (for 11 days), however, using present perfect tense with a "for", will it give an impression(or I should say suggestion) that the event is still going on, and I am not back to HongKong now?
Please help me!
I live in HongKong and I went to "someplace" in Jan this year.
Now is May, I am already back to HK now and want to report to my boss.
So, which sentence(s) is/are correct?
A) I followed my colleagues to "someplace" for 11 days
B) I have followed my colleagues to "someplace" for 11 days
there are several concerns for me :
Sentence A: Using past tense with a time (for 11 days), but don't we just use (for a period of time) in present perfect tense?
Can we use it in past tense?
Sentence B: Present perfecet tense with a time (for 11 days), however, using present perfect tense with a "for", will it give an impression(or I should say suggestion) that the event is still going on, and I am not back to HongKong now?
Please help me!
Top answer
Can we use it in past tense? Yes,we can use "for" in the past tense,It can be used to describe events that happened over a period of time in the past but not now. " hktrader Sentence B: Present perfecet tense with a time (for 11 days), however, using present perfect tense with a "for", will it give an impression(or I should say suggestion) that the event is still going on, and I am not back to HongKong now?
- Can we use it in past tense?
- Yes,we can use "for" in the past tense,It can be used to describe events that happened over a period of time in the past but not now.
- " hktrader Sentence B: Present perfecet tense with a time (for 11 days), however, using present perfect tense with a "for", will it give an impression(or I should say suggestion) that the event is still going on, and I am not back to HongKong now?
- But,since you're back home,the action of going to such a place for 11 days is finished.
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hktraderthere are several concerns for meentence A: Using past tense with a time (for 11 days), but
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