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Jack112 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Present Perfect

01. I have talked to her a couple days ago asking her what we 01b00were02b00 going to do for Valentines. (Is 'were' okay with present perfect? Or 'were' has nothing to do with present ence part of the sentence?)02br
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002. I have talked to her a couple days ago asking her what we 01b00are02b00 going to do for Valentines. (Is using 'are' better than using 'were'? Or it does not matter?)02br
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003. I have talked to her a couple days ago and I 01b00asked02b00 her what we 01b00were02b00 going to do for Valentines. (Does the meaning of this sentence has a meaning very alike of #1?)02br
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0Sorry, I'm not going to really answer your question, but I think that, with "ago", you don't use the present perfect... It should be a simple past. This being said, I would use neither 1.

— Pieanne

  • 0Sorry, I'm not going to really answer your question, but I think that, with "ago", you don't use the present perfect...
  • It should be a simple past.
  • This being said, I would use neither 1.
  • 02br 02br 00"I talked to her a couple days ago, and asked her what we were going to do 01u 00for Valentines02u 00" (01u 00I'm not familiar with that expression)02u 0-
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0Sorry, I'm not going to really answer your question, but I think that, with "ago", you don't use the present perfect... It should be a simple past. This being said, I would use neither 1. nor 2.02br
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00"I talked to her a couple days ago, and asked her what we were going to do 01u00for Valentines02u00" (01u00I'm not familiar with that exp
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1u00When to use P.P00.:02u00 when something took place sometime in00 00the past and still on going. i.e. I have taken Spanish since my first year of college. P.P. tense covers the past to the present. 02br
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01u00When to use Past Perfect tense02u00: When something took place in the past and end in the past before another ev
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0 What's the difference in meaning between 01i00a couple01b00 of02b00 days ago 02i00and 01i00a couple days ago02i00? 0-
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01font00What's the difference in meaning between 01i00a couple01b00 of02b00 days ago 02i00and 01i00a couple days ago02i00? 02font02br
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00The intended meaning is the same. It's just that the latter omits 'of'. I wouldn't advise you to
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0 00In my opinion, I think there is a slight difference. 02br
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00I turned in my paper 01b01u00a few days ago00 02u02b00–00 00not sure when , perhaps 3-4 days ago02br
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00I turned in my paper 01b01u00a couple of days ago02u02b00 – implied 2, no more than 302
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01cite10Goodman12cite10 10In my opinion, I think there is a slight difference. 12br
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10I turned in my paper 11b11u10a few days ago10 12u12b10–10 10not sure when , perhaps 3-4 days ago12br
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10I turned in my paper 11b11u10
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0Are both of these possible? What do they mean? What do I use #1 and #2?02br
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001. I have never seen a kid that 01b00wanted02b00 an Xbox so badly before.02br
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002. I have never seen a kid that 01b00wants02b00 an Xbox so badly before.02br
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0Are both of these possible? What do they mean? When 01del00What02del00 do I use #1 and #2?02br
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001. I have never seen a kid that 01b00wanted02b00 an Xbox so badly before.02br
01font001. I 01u00had02u00 never seen a kid 01u00who02u00 01
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20I turned in my paper 21b21u20a few days ago20 22u22b20–20 20not sure when , perhaps 3-4 day
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0 I understand "a couple days ago" is merely an American informal version of "a couple of days ago". The ratio of users of "a couple days ago" to those of "a couple of days ago" on the domain of Gutenberg.org is 3:100, and that on the domain of com is about 10:100. But somehow the ratio on the domain of nytimes.com is as high as 20:100. I am wondering why.02br
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