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Confused Again Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Perfect and Non-Perfect
My teacher has given me a task and I'm getting myself into something of a state about it...
She is using the terms Perfect and non-Perfect and I can't find these terms in my grammar book, are these terms rather old-fashioned? Are there more modern terms?
She writes: The Perfect form is made by 'have' + the Past Participle.
So I'd like to know how the 'non-perfect' form is made.
How can I tell when a sentence is Perfect or non-Perfect.
Thanks for any help.
She is using the terms Perfect and non-Perfect and I can't find these terms in my grammar book, are these terms rather old-fashioned? Are there more modern terms?
She writes: The Perfect form is made by 'have' + the Past Participle.
So I'd like to know how the 'non-perfect' form is made.
How can I tell when a sentence is Perfect or non-Perfect.
Thanks for any help.
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I think she just means the other forms that are not perfect: simple ( I went ) and continuous ( I am going ), etc. These don't have have + past participle.
- I think she just means the other forms that are not perfect: simple ( I went ) and continuous ( I am going ), etc.
- These don't have have + past participle.
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I think she just means the other forms that are not perfect: simple (I went) and continuous (I am going), etc. These don't have have + past participle.
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Non-perfect - do, did, to do, denotes simultaneously actions
Perfect - have done, had done, to have done, prior actions
Perfect - have done, had done, to have done, prior actions
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