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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Persent perfect

which one is true ?
they have been working together recently.
they have been working for a long time.
they have been good friends recently.
they have been good friends for a long time.
please explain.
  

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Truth and grammar are different things. If you start each with a capital, they will all be correct grammar. Very broadly speaking, the Present Perfect refers to 'the past up to now'.

— Clive

  • Truth and grammar are different things.
  • If you start each with a capital, they will all be correct grammar.
  • Very broadly speaking, the Present Perfect refers to 'the past up to now'.
  • The period can be long or short.
  • Clive
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Truth and grammar are different things.
If you start each with a capital, they will all be correct grammar.

Very broadly speaking, the Present Perfect refers to 'the past up to now'. The period can be long or short.

Clive
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Lions eat grass. This sentence does not make a true statement, but the grammar is correct.
Horses eats grass. This sentence makes a true statement, but the grammar is incorrect.
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Hi, AS. Emotion: bow
AlpheccaStarsLions eat grass. This sentence does not make a true statement, but the grammar is corr
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Thank you Odessa, for the gracious compliment.

But, you see, I have over twenty-three thousand posts.
It would be a Herculean task to revisit them all! They cover so many different aspects of English that it would be a challenge to organize them. Besides, many of the other teachers here give better advice than I do!
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