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Nina_Nia Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Present perfect

Hello,

Is it better to use present perfect here?

Over her long career she has won hundreads of awards and she is a household name of everywhere. (Kylie Minogue)

Thanks
  

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Yes. Present perfect is correct because her career is not over.

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Yes. Present perfect is correct because her career is not over.
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Hi Nina,
What you wrote is correct, apart from right at the end. It should be "she is a household name everywhere", without "of".

Regards,
David.
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mrBenYes. Present perfect is correct because her career is not over.
You can only assume that because present perfect was used.
If her career is over, it should say 'she won' hundreds of awards.
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I assumed that Nina_Nia was talking about the real Kylie Minogue and that Wikipedia's report next year's new album was accurate. Based on these assumptions, there was only one way that her sentence could accurately reflect reality which (again) I assumed she was trying to do.
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mrBenI assumed that Nina_Nia was talking about the real Kylie Minogue
Sorry, I paid no attention to the name that came after the sentence. Clearly, she's not a household name in my house.

You were right.
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I'm sorry for the cranky post, I hadn't had my coffee!
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