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Teo Posted 19 years ago
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present or present perfect? (already)

0Husband: This book looks good. Let's buy it.02br
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00Wife: don't you remember? There 01i00___02i00 the same book on the shelf in our living room already.02br
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00(A) is (B) was (C) will be (D) has been02br
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00The answer is choice A. What's wrong with choice D?0-
  

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0 (D) may be seen by some that the book was there until very recently, but has just disappeared from that place. (A) is clear. 02br 02br 01i 00has been 02i 02br 00 is leading to the present02br 00 but not necessarily in it 0-

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  • 0 (D) may be seen by some that the book was there until very recently, but has just disappeared from that place.
  • (A) is clear.
  • 02br 02br 01i 00has been 02i 02br 00 is leading to the present02br 00 but not necessarily in it 0-
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0 (D) may be seen by some that the book was there until very recently, but has just disappeared from that place. (A) is clear. 02br
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01i00has been 02i02br
00 is leading to the present02br
00 but not necessarily in it 0-
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0You could say that the same book has been on the shelf at home for 3 years. 02br
00The problem is not whether the answer should be A or D. The problem is that the exercise is badly written. The entire sentence is incorrect no matter which answer you choose. 02br
00If you say the book 00has been00 on the shelf it means that it was there in the past but it is no lo
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