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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Present perfect

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I've known her for 150 years. - Does this necessary mean that we'll remain friends in the future? Does it depend on the context?
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It's been a while since anyone could resist my compulsion. - There's this man and he uttered this sentence a couple of hours after a girl resisted his powers of persuasion.

Does the sentence make sense because the action of rejection was in the recent past?
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We've been friends for 150 years until yesterday when she tried to kill me, thus, we're not friends anymore. - What about this one?
  

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I've known her for 150 years. -- You'll both be dead; you have no future. ___ It's been a while since anyone could resist my compulsion.

— Mister Micawber

  • I've known her for 150 years.
  • -- You'll both be dead; you have no future.
  • ___ It's been a while since anyone could resist my compulsion.
  • - There's this man and he uttered this sentence a couple of hours after a girl resisted his powers of persuasion.
  • - - It does not have to be the recent past, but the sentence is fine.
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I've known her for 150 years. - Does this necessary mean that we'll remain friends in the future?-- You'll both be dead; you have no future.
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It's been a while since anyone could resist my compulsion. - There's this man and he uttered this sentence a couple of hours after a girl resisted his powers of persuasion. Does the sentence make sense because the action of rejection w
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Mister MicawberIt does not have to be the recent past, but the sentence is fine.
But he was referring to the past? Shouldn't it be past perfect?
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No—now don't start that again. 'Could' is the earlier action. Go study some phrasal verbs.
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Mister MicawberGo study some phrasal verbs.
Why?
Mister MicawberNo—now don't start that again
What?
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