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Lailalaila Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Please help me with this sentence
Hi everybody
it is as he has lived through it before, a long time ago
why did we use present perfect instead of past tense in this sentence?
it is as he has lived through it before, a long time ago
why did we use present perfect instead of past tense in this sentence?
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If you mean 'It is as if he has lived through it before, a long time ago' , then you could also use the past tense. Rover
- If you mean 'It is as if he has lived through it before, a long time ago' , then you could also use the past tense.
- Rover
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If you mean 'It is as if he has lived through it before, a long time ago', then you could also use the past tense.
Rover
If you mean 'It is as if he has lived through it before, a long time ago', then you could also use the past tense.
Rover
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thank you Rover for the answer. However, i wonder why we used exactly present perfect in this sentence?
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I think the present perfect tense is used to emphasize that it has been completed; it is not continued to the present.
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