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Sun 94 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Present pefect
In the following sentence, the underlined part indicate actoins that started in the past and has continued up until now or does it indicates multiple actions that happend at different times in the past and is likely to continus in the future?
As a child of immigrant parents myself, I have ofen had to act as an adult.
As a child of immigrant parents myself, I have ofen had to act as an adult.
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It indicates actions that started in the past and have continued up until now. These actions may or may not continue into the future -- the grammar doesn't specify. To me, the sentence feels slightly odd (though not wrong) because it must have been written by a child, and yet it seems quite a sophisticated and adult thing to say.
- It indicates actions that started in the past and have continued up until now.
- These actions may or may not continue into the future -- the grammar doesn't specify.
- To me, the sentence feels slightly odd (though not wrong) because it must have been written by a child, and yet it seems quite a sophisticated and adult thing to say.
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- You have a typo: "ofen" for "often".
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It indicates actions that started in the past and have continued up until now. These actions may or may not continue into the future -- the grammar doesn't specify.
To me, the sentence feels slightly odd (though not wrong) because it must have been written by a child, and yet it seems quite a sophisticated and adult thing to say. It almost seems as if it was meant to read "I often had to
To me, the sentence feels slightly odd (though not wrong) because it must have been written by a child, and yet it seems quite a sophisticated and adult thing to say. It almost seems as if it was meant to read "I often had to
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