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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Present perfect in these two sentences
The interviews I have been on have asked for a reference from my latest employer, X, because I have mentioned them in my cover letter, so I just give them this written reference.
Questions:
1) 'have been' --is the present perfect used here to show I'm continuing to go on interviews in the present?
2) 'have mentioned' --is the present perfect used here because what I have mentioned still exists in the present?
3) 'so I just give them this written reference' --What tense should I use here? I was thinking the simple present to express habit, that I have in the past and will continue to give them this reference. Or should I use the present perfect again?
4) How could this small paragraph be improved? There are too many joining words I feel.
Thank you a lot!
Questions:
1) 'have been' --is the present perfect used here to show I'm continuing to go on interviews in the present?
2) 'have mentioned' --is the present perfect used here because what I have mentioned still exists in the present?
3) 'so I just give them this written reference' --What tense should I use here? I was thinking the simple present to express habit, that I have in the past and will continue to give them this reference. Or should I use the present perfect again?
4) How could this small paragraph be improved? There are too many joining words I feel.
Thank you a lot!
Top answer
1-- Or recently 2-- No. Recently. 3-- As it stands, present simple is OK for casual English, but careful composition asks for present perfect.
- 1-- Or recently 2-- No.
- Recently.
- 3-- As it stands, present simple is OK for casual English, but careful composition asks for present perfect.
- 4-- If there are too many connecting words, break it up into 2 sentences.
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1-- Or recently
2-- No. Recently.
3-- As it stands, present simple is OK for casual English, but careful composition asks for present perfect.
4-- If there are too many connecting words, break it up into 2 sentences.
2-- No. Recently.
3-- As it stands, present simple is OK for casual English, but careful composition asks for present perfect.
4-- If there are too many connecting words, break it up into 2 sentences.
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Mister Micawber-- As it stands, present simple is OK for casual English, but careful composition asks for present perfect
Why? I wasn't aware that verb concord required verbs to agree in aspect...
Mister Micawber1-- Or recentlyPresent perfect express an action that begins in the past and continues
2-- No. Recently.
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As it stands, present simple is OK for casual English, but careful composition asks for present perfect. In your example the simple present sounds casual.
I haven't read anything about it stopping before the present. Is this just a minor point, authors don't bother to mention?-- Not a minor point; it is one of the main uses of present perfect: to indicate an event that has
I haven't read anything about it stopping before the present. Is this just a minor point, authors don't bother to mention?-- Not a minor point; it is one of the main uses of present perfect: to indicate an event that has
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Mister MicawberNot a minor point; it is one of the main uses of present perfect: to indicate an event that has recently transpired: Oh, you've gotten a haircut! I've just been to the shop. Etc, etc
Hi, right, I'm just used to separating the uses of the present perfect into two categories:
Expressing that something starts in the past and cont
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Sure it does: the interviews are single finished events, the cover letter has been written, the written reference has been given. All are completed.
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