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Picnic Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Present perfect and past simple
Do I always have to use perfect tense when I use words like already and still?
"still have not found"
or "still did not find"
and so it goes
"still have not found"
or "still did not find"
and so it goes
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No - many different tenses can be used: Everyone was already/still there when I arrived. (past) In 2008, he was already showing the symptoms of the disease. (past progressive) The water is still in the glass.
- No - many different tenses can be used: Everyone was already/still there when I arrived.
- (past) In 2008, he was already showing the symptoms of the disease.
- (past progressive) The water is still in the glass.
- (present) The table is already set, you just have to put the water glasses out.
- (present) He is already feeling better.
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No - many different tenses can be used:
Everyone was already/still there when I arrived. (past)
In 2008, he was already showing the symptoms of the disease. (past progressive)
The water is still in the glass. (present)
The table is already set, you just have to put the water glasses out. (present)
He is already feeling better. (present progressive)
He is still f
Everyone was already/still there when I arrived. (past)
In 2008, he was already showing the symptoms of the disease. (past progressive)
The water is still in the glass. (present)
The table is already set, you just have to put the water glasses out. (present)
He is already feeling better. (present progressive)
He is still f
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