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Ivanhr Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Present perfect

I left school 8 years ago.

I have left school for now.

Would you say that the second sentence is correct even if my leaving school isn't recent?
  

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The sentence might be considered technically correct as it is possible that you could start attending school again. It sounds rather unnatural to my ear, though, and I don't think a native speaker would use it. I, a nonnative speaker, might say: I'm not pursuing any studies now.

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  • The sentence might be considered technically correct as it is possible that you could start attending school again.
  • It sounds rather unnatural to my ear, though, and I don't think a native speaker would use it.
  • I, a nonnative speaker, might say: I'm not pursuing any studies now.
  • We may get other suggestions.
  • CB
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The sentence might be considered technically correct as it is possible that you could start attending school again. It sounds rather unnatural to my ear, though, and I don't think a native speaker would use it. I, a nonnative speaker, might say: I'm not pursuing any studies now. We may get other suggestions.

CB
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Thank you CB, any more suggestions?

I wrote that sentence after reading this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Present_perfect_tense
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