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Pleasehelp Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Present perfect and simple past
I already joined a league.- Simple past
I've already joined a league.- Present perfect
What's the difference between these two sentences because they mean the same thing in my mind.
I've already joined a league.- Present perfect
What's the difference between these two sentences because they mean the same thing in my mind.
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Hi, There's not much difference because the word 'already' gives the statement relevance to the present. Clive
- Hi, There's not much difference because the word 'already' gives the statement relevance to the present.
- Clive
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Hi,
There's not much difference because the word 'already' gives the statement relevance to the present.
Clive
There's not much difference because the word 'already' gives the statement relevance to the present.
Clive
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Hi Plesehelp,
Maybe this scenario can shed some light:
In the office coffee room:...
A: (pouring a cup of coffee while talking to B) I've heard that someone in the company has started a hiking club.
B: Oh! you didn't know! It's Paul, the manager in shipping. I joined his club last month. Sam and Mary in accounting.
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Maybe this scenario can shed some light:
In the office coffee room:...
A: (pouring a cup of coffee while talking to B) I've heard that someone in the company has started a hiking club.
B: Oh! you didn't know! It's Paul, the manager in shipping. I joined his club last month. Sam and Mary in accounting.
A
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dimsumexpressA: If I had known that earlierThis part is past perfect tense because of 'earlier' right? If I had known earlier which states that if this person had known before so it uses the past perfect?
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You are partially right. This is actually a past condition pattern.
If I had + past particple, I would have + past particple.
If I had listened to my parents few yers ago to finsih my engineering school, I wouldn't have created all these problems for myself. (the fact is, you are having problems in your personal life because you didn't listen)
Another pa
If I had + past particple, I would have + past particple.
If I had listened to my parents few yers ago to finsih my engineering school, I wouldn't have created all these problems for myself. (the fact is, you are having problems in your personal life because you didn't listen)
Another pa
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